Issue 2/2013
Content (20 Articles)
Change in myocardial oxygen consumption employing continuous-flow LVAD with cardiac beat synchronizing system, in acute ischemic heart failure models
Akihide Umeki, Takashi Nishimura, Yoshiaki Takewa, Masahiko Ando, Mamoru Arakawa, Yuichiro Kishimoto, Tomonori Tsukiya, Toshihide Mizuno, Shunei Kyo, Minoru Ono, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Eisuke Tatsumi
Development of a novel drive mode to prevent aortic insufficiency during continuous-flow LVAD support by synchronizing rotational speed with heartbeat
Yuichiro Kishimoto, Yoshiaki Takewa, Mamoru Arakawa, Akihide Umeki, Masahiko Ando, Takashi Nishimura, Yutaka Fujii, Toshihide Mizuno, Motonobu Nishimura, Eisuke Tatsumi
Development and evaluation of endurance test system for ventricular assist devices
Hirohito Sumikura, Akihiko Homma, Kentaro Ohnuma, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Yoshiaki Takewa, Hiroshi Mukaibayashi, Kazuo Katano, Eisuke Tatsumi
Continuous-flow pump model study: the effect on pump performance of pump characteristics and cardiovascular conditions
Gianfranco Ferrari, Maciej Kozarski, Libera Fresiello, Arianna Di Molfetta, Krzysztof Zieliński, Krystyna Górczyńska, Krzysztof J. Pałko, Marek Darowski
Numerical analysis of blood flow distribution in 4- and 3-branch vascular grafts
Chikako Konoura, Takanobu Yagi, Masanori Nakamura, Kiyotaka Iwasaki, Yi Qian, Shigeo Okuda, Akihiro Yoshitake, Hideyuki Shimizu, Ryohei Yozu, Mitsuo Umezu
Long-term outcome of complete cardiovascular implantable electronic device removal with cardiopulmonary bypass
Masaho Okada, Yuji Narita, Yoshimori Araki, Hideki Oshima, Akihiko Usui, Yuichi Ueda
Poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)-grafted highly cross-linked polyethylene liner in primary total hip replacement: one-year results of a prospective cohort study
Yoshio Takatori, Toru Moro, Morihide Kamogawa, Hiromi Oda, Shuhei Morimoto, Takashige Umeyama, Manabu Minami, Hideharu Sugimoto, Shigeru Nakamura, Tatsuro Karita, Juntaku Kim, Yurie Koyama, Hideya Ito, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Kozo Nakamura
In vivo evaluation of an in-body, tissue-engineered, completely autologous valved conduit (biovalve type VI) as an aortic valve in a goat model
Yoshiaki Takewa, Masashi Yamanami, Yuichiro Kishimoto, Mamoru Arakawa, Keiichi Kanda, Yuichi Matsui, Tomonori Oie, Hatsue Ishibashi-Ueda, Tsutomu Tajikawa, Kenkichi Ohba, Hitoshi Yaku, Yoshiyuki Taenaka, Eisuke Tatsumi, Yasuhide Nakayama
Simplified regional citrate anticoagulation using a calcium-containing replacement solution for continuous venovenous hemofiltration
Ling Zhang, Yujie Liao, Jin Xiang, Wei Qin, Xiaodong Wu, Yi Tang, Yingying Yang, Zhiwen Chen, Ping Fu
Activation of platelets upon contact with a vitamin E-coated/non-coated surface
Hiroshi Tsukao, Kenichi Kokubo, Haruko Takahashi, Mina Nagasato, Takanori Endo, Naoto Iizuka, Toshihiro Shinbo, Minoru Hirose, Hirosuke Kobayashi
The effect of vitamin E-bonded polysulfone membrane dialyzer on a new oxidative lipid marker
Yuki Kitamura, Kumi Kamimura, Noriko Yoshioka, Yoko Hosotani, Kenji Tsuchida, Masahide Koremoto, Jun Minakuchi
A potential therapeutic system for Alzheimer’s disease using adsorbents with alkyl ligands for removal of blood amyloid β
Kazunori Kawaguchi, Masato Takeuchi, Hiromasa Yamagawa, Kazutaka Murakami, Sigeru Nakai, Hideo Hori, Atsushi Ohashi, Yoshiyuki Hiki, Nobuo Suzuki, Satoshi Sugiyama, Yukio Yuzawa, Nobuya Kitaguchi
Histological changes during extracorporeal perfusions of the porcine liver: implications for temporary support during acute liver failures
Gianpiero Gravante, Seok Ling Ong, Angus McGregor, Roberto Sorge, Matthew S. Metcalfe, David M. Lloyd, Ashley R. Dennison
Research on the steroidogenesis of proliferated Leydig cells in vitro
Liang Zhong, Jie Sun, Guo-hua Liu, Ying-jian Zhu, Jiang Zhu
Analysis of safety reporting requirements during medical device clinical trials in Japan
Kentaro Azuma, Hiroshi Iseki
Preliminary study on the development of a system dynamics model: the case of EVAHEART
Tsugiko Kato, Mitsuo Umezu, Kiyotaka Iwasaki, Hiroshi Kasanuki, Yutaka Takahashi
A case of conversion of a NIPRO ventricular assist system to an EVAHEART left ventricular assist system
Tomoki Ushijima, Yoshihisa Tanoue, Kazuto Hirayama, Atsuhiro Nakashima, Ryuji Tominaga
A heart transplant candidate with severe pulmonary hypertension and extremely high pulmonary vascular resistance
Takuma Sato, Osamu Seguchi, Nagisa Morikawa, Michinari Hieda, Takuya Watanabe, Haruki Sunami, Yoshihiro Murata, Masanobu Yanase, Hiroki Hata, Tomoyuki Fujita, Takeshi Nakatani
Bone-destroying candida infection following left ventricular assist device explant
Osamu Seguchi, Tomoyuki Fujita, Yoshihiro Murata, Masanobu Yanase, Masahiro Higashi, Koichi Toda, Takeshi Nakatani
Bridge-to-bridge conversion from Nipro-LVAS to EVAHEART implantable LVAS in a patient with severe acute myocardial infarction
Masao Yoshitatsu, Takafumi Masai, Junya Yokoyama, Yuriko Matsunaga, Kenji Tanaka, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Koichi Toda, Yoshiki Sawa, Kenji Yamazaki