Issue 1/2015
Content (14 Articles)
Journal of Artificial Organs 2014: the year in review
Y. Sawa, K. Matsuda, E. Tatsumi, G. Matsumiya, T. Abe, K. Fukunaga, A. Kishida, K. Kokubo, T. Masuzawa, A. Myoui, M. Nishimura, T. Nishimura, T. Nishinaka, E. Okamoto, S. Tokunaga, T. Tomo, T. Tsukiya, Y. Yagi, T. Yamaoka
Tissue engineering of oral mucosa: a shared concept with skin
Beste Kinikoglu, Odile Damour, Vasif Hasirci
Lower rotation speed stimulates sympathetic activation during continuous-flow left ventricular assist device treatment
Teruhiko Imamura, Koichiro Kinugawa, Daisuke Nitta, Takeo Fujino, Toshiro Inaba, Hisataka Maki, Masaru Hatano, Osamu Kinoshita, Kan Nawata, Shunei Kyo, Minoru Ono
Hemodynamic changes during left ventricular assist device-off test correlate with the degree of cardiac fibrosis and predict the outcome after device explantation
Shunsuke Saito, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Satsuki Fukushima, Yasushi Sakata, Isamu Mizote, Takashi Daimon, Yoshiki Sawa
A novel small animal extracorporeal circulation model for studying pathophysiology of cardiopulmonary bypass
Yutaka Fujii, Mikiyasu Shirai, Shuji Inamori, Yoshiaki Takewa, Eisuke Tatsumi
In situ observation and enhancement of leaflet tissue formation in bioprosthetic “biovalve”
Marina Funayama, Yoshiaki Takewa, Tomonori Oie, Yuichi Matsui, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yasuhide Nakayama
Implantation study of a tissue-engineered self-expanding aortic stent graft (bio stent graft) in a beagle model
Hidetake Kawajiri, Takeshi Mizuno, Takeshi Moriwaki, Ryosuke Iwai, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Masashi Yamanami, Keiichi Kanda, Hitoshi Yaku, Yasuhide Nakayama
Appropriate nonwoven filters effectively capture human peripheral blood cells and mesenchymal stem cells, which show enhanced production of growth factors
Hideo Hori, Ushio Iwamoto, Gen Niimi, Masanori Shinzato, Yoshiyuki Hiki, Yasuo Tokushima, Kazunori Kawaguchi, Atsushi Ohashi, Shigeru Nakai, Mikitomo Yasutake, Nobuya Kitaguchi
Gelatin hydrogel impregnated with platelet-rich plasma releasate promotes angiogenesis and wound healing in murine model
Priscilla Valentin Notodihardjo, Naoki Morimoto, Natsuko Kakudo, Makoto Matsui, Michiharu Sakamoto, Pham Hieu Liem, Kenji Suzuki, Yasuhiko Tabata, Kenji Kusumoto
Low-density lipoprotein apheresis ameliorates monthly estimated glomerular filtration rate declines in patients with renal cholesterol crystal embolism
Keiji Hirai, Susumu Ookawara, Haruhisa Miyazawa, Kiyonori Ito, Yuichirou Ueda, Yoshio Kaku, Taro Hoshino, Izumi Yoshida, Kaoru Tabei
Three-dimensional shape optimization of a cemented hip stem and experimental validations
Masaru Higa, Hiromasa Tanino, Ikuya Nishimura, Yoshinori Mitamura, Takeo Matsuno, Hiroshi Ito
Usefulness of a real-time bowel sound analysis system in patients with severe sepsis (pilot study)
Junko Goto, Kenichi Matsuda, Norikazu Harii, Takeshi Moriguchi, Masahiko Yanagisawa, Osamu Sakata
Seventeen-month-long paracorporeal biventricular mechanical support as a bridge to transplantation for severe dilated cardiomyopathy
Tadashi Kitamura, Shinzo Torii, Norihiko Oka, Tetsuya Horai, Keiichi Itatani, Takeshi Yoshii, Yuki Nakamura, Miyuki Shibata, Tomoki Tamura, Haruna Araki, Yoshikiyo Matsunaga, Kagami Miyaji
Minimally invasive implantation of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation circuit used as a temporary left ventricular assist device: a new concept for bridging to permanent cardiac support
Shunsuke Saito, Bernhard Fleischer, Christoph Maeß, Hassina Baraki, Ingo Kutschka