Heart Replacement, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Artificial Heart 5

The 5th International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist Devices was held in Tokyo on January 26 - 27, 1995, bringing together leading researchers and specialists from all over the world. The proceedings of the symposium presents the newest ideas and approaches in the field, and will be of special interest and relevance to all who are concerned with artificial organs, cardiovascular surgery, organ transplantation, biomaterials, and related disciplines. Reflecting the content of the symposium, the major topics in this volume include biocompatible material development, clinical use of assist devices, completely implantable devices, and heart transplantation. These are presented in the two main divisions of the book: The first consists of eight lectures by leading researchers, world-renowned in the field of the artificial heart. The second comprises more than 50 papers on such subjects as biomaterials, research and development of ventricular assist systems and the total artificial heart, and their use as a bridge to heart transplantation. An additional, special feature of the book is the inclusion of descriptions of exhibitions at the symposium, with photographs of all artificial heart devices and systems displayed by major laboratories and companies from around the world.

Surface Modifications of Polymeric Materials for Application in Artificial Heart and Circulatory Assist Devices.- In Vitro Evaluation of Six Different Segmented Polyurethanes and HEMA/St Block Copolymer Using Epifluorescent Video Microscopy.- Role of Adsorbed Fibronectin and Vitronectin in Adhesion and Spreading Behavior of Bovine Aortic Endothelial Cells on Polyamine Graft Copolymer Surfaces.- Nonthrombogenic Modification on Blood-Contacting Surfaces of Ventricular Assist Device.- Microporous Polyurethane Inhibits Critical Mural Thrombosis and Enhances Endothelialization at Blood-Contacting Surface.- Changes in Total Artificial Heart Driving Diaphragms After Long-Term Pumping.- Low Hemolytic Intraventricular Axial Flow Blood Pump Integrated with Totally Implantable Bearing Purge System.- Development of an Implantable Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Device (CVAD).- Development of Centrifugal Pumps for Long-Term Circulatory Support.- Implantable Artificial Heart Systems.- Development of an Electrohydraulic Total Artificial Heart System.- The Baylor Electromechanical Total Artificial Heart.- Orthotopic Implantation of the Tether-Free Moving-Actuator Type Total Artificial Heart in Sheep.- Second Type of Linear Motor-Driven Total Artificial Heart.- Flow-Transformed Pulsatile Total Artificial Heart (FTPTAH) with No Electrical Switching Valve.- Evolution of Cardiac Assist from Intermediate In-Hospital Support of Chronic Outpatient Care.- Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Transplantation at Henri Mondor Hospital.- Evolution of an Implantable, Portable, Electrically Actuated Left Ventricular Assist Device.- Experience with a Wearable Electric Left Ventricular Assist System.- Mechanical Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Transplantation: Berlin Experience in 154 Patients.- Mechanical Ventricular Support in Postcardiotomy Cardiac Failure.- Different Applications of Circulatory Support After Surgery for Valvular and for Ischemic Heart Diseases.- Post-Cardiotomy Assist; Pneumatic VAD or PCPS-VAB?.- Improvement of Percutaneous Veno-Arterial Bypass System Toward Longer and More Physiological Assist.- Early Results of Experimental Clinical Usage of Polish Ventricle Assist Device — POLVAD-II.- New Implantable Echocardiography Probe (IEP) — Development and Clinical Use for Monitoring Cardiac Function Under Assisted Circulation After Open Heart Surgery.- Artificial Heart and Assist Devices: New Developments at the Helmholtz Institute.- Free Impeller: A New Antithrombogenic and Atraumatic Design for Long-Term Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Device.- In Vitro and Preliminary In Vivo Assessment of a New Centrifugal Pump: the Magnetically Suspended Centrifugal Pump.- Relationship Between Hemolysis and Design of an Axial Flow Pump.- Experimental Study of an Intravenous Axial Flow Pump for Right Ventricular Assist.- In Vitro Hemolysis Test Method for Developing an Axial Flow Ventricular Assist Device.- Phase 1 Ex Vivo Studies on the Baylor/NASA Axial Flow Ventricular Assist Device.- Application of the Latissimus Dorsi Muscle as a Biological Energy Source for Circulatory Assist Devices.- Energy Dissipation of Diaphragms for a Pneumatically Driven Artificial Heart.- Power Acquisition from Preconditioned Muscle by Low Power/High Stroke Energy Converter in Artificial Heart Drive.- The Mechanical Auxiliary Ventricle Demonstrates Biocompatibility in up to 25 Months of Intermittent Cardiac Support in Calves.- A New Method for the Chronic Evaluation of the Microcirculation During Artificial Heart Pumping.- Less Invasive Method for Estimating Emax Under Cardiac Assistance — Angular Frequency Method.- Automatic Control Algorithm for Cardiac Output Regulation of the Total Artificial Heart (TAH).- Implantable Controller with Fault Tolerance for the Moving-Actuator Total Artificial Heart (TAH): Use of a Dual Board.- 1/f Fluctuation in Total Artificial Heart.- Characteristics of Sympathetic Nerve Activity During Nonpulsatile Circulation.- Microcirculation of Major Organs: Pulsatile vs Nonpulsatile Cardiac Assist.- Fractal Dimension Analysis of Chaos in Hemodynamics with Artificial Heart.- Right Heart Function During Left Ventricular Assistance in a Open-Chest Porcine Model of Acute Right Heart Failure.- Fluid Dynamic Investigation of Mechanical Blood Hemolysis.- Left Ventricular Assist with a Pulsatile Impeller Pump.- Investigation of a Ventricular Assist Device for Serial Production.- In Vitro Comparison Study of POLTAH-II Mounted with Original, Mechanical Delrin Disc Valve, Polyurethane Trileafiet Valve, and Biological Cryo- or Chemically Preserved Valve.- Anatomical Fitting Simulators (AFS) for Totally Implantable Artificial Heart Design.- Laser Doppler Velocimetry of the Spiral Vortex Ventricular Assist Device.- Development of Linear Oscillatory Actuator for Artificial Heart.- A Percutaneously Accessible Pulsatile Left Ventricular Assist Device.- Bearing Seizure in a Rotational Blood Pump: Mechanism and Potential Solutions.- Experimental Trial of Long-Term Heart and Lung Replacement.- New Approach to Circulatory Assist: Left Heart Bypass (LHB) and Synchronized Coronary Sinus Retroperfusion (SCSR).- Current Status of Cardiac Transplantation.- Possibility of Circulatory Assist Using Xenograft: Immunological Assessment.- Panel Discussion.- Scientific Exhibitions.- Key Word Index.