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Journal of Artificial Organs

Issue 1/2005

Content (10 Articles)

HONORARY LECTURE

History of artificial organs in Japan

Kazuhiko Atsumi

REVIEW

Mechanical circulatory support devices (MCSD) in Japan: current status and future directions

Setsuo Takatani, Hikaru Matsuda, Akihisa Hanatani, Chisato Nojiri, Kenji Yamazaki, Tadashi Motomura, Katsuhiro Ohuchi, Tohru Sakamoto, Takashi Yamane

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Postoperative hyperbilirubinemia after implantation of left ventricular assist device is associated with poor postoperative liver perfusion

Yasuki Fujita, Yuji Fujino, Goro Matsumiya, Yoshiki Sawa, Takashi Mashimo, Hikaru Matsuda, Masaji Nishimura

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Japanese multicenter clinical evaluation of the HeartMate vented electric left ventricular assist system

Ryozo Omoto, Shunei Kyo, Motonobu Nishimura, Hikaru Matsuda, Goro Matsumiya, Soichiro Kitamura, Takeshi Nakatani, Shinichi Takamoto, MDMinoru Ono, Koichi Tabayashi, Ryohei Yozu

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Changes in platelet aggregation during cardiopulmonary bypass: comparison of poly-2-methoxyethylacrylate and heparin as a circuit coating material

Hitoshi Izuha, Momoe Hattori, Tsuguo Igari, Daiki Wakamatsu, MDToshiki Watanabe, Hitoshi Yokoyama

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Effects of muscle potential depression and muscle stimulation caused by different insulation coating configurations on cardiac pacemakers

Toshimi Yajima, Kenichi Yamada, Naoko Okubo, Takashi Nitta, Masami Ochi, Kazuo Shimizu

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

The CarboMedics prosthetic heart valve: experience with 180 implants

Tsutomu Saito, Yoshio Misawa, Katsuo Fuse, Hiroaki Konishi

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Development and validation of models for the investigation of blood clotting in idealized stenoses and cerebral aneurysms

Andrew Narracott, Stephen Smith, Patricia Lawford, Hao Liu, Ryutaro Himeno, Iain Wilkinson, Paul Griffiths, Rodney Hose

BRIEF COMMUNICATION

End-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring indicates recovery from cardiogenic shock in patients receiving percutaneous cardiopulmonary support

Takuji Yoshida, Masazumi Watanabe, Mikiko Murakami, Hitoshi Furukawa, Hideki Nakahara

BRIEF COMMUNICATION

Long-term outcomes using vascular grafts sealed with fragmented autologous adipose tissue for aortoiliac occlusive disease

Ichiya Yamazaki, Norihisa Karube, Tamitaro Soma, Yasuharu Noishiki, Yukio Ichikawa