The ongoing quest for the first total artificial heart as destination therapy

A Vis, M Arfaee, H Khambati, MS Slaughter… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Many patients with end-stage heart disease die because of the scarcity of donor hearts. A
total artificial heart (TAH), an implantable machine that replaces the heart, has so far been …

Review of research in cardiovascular devices

Z Nawrat - Advances in Biomedical Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of research in cardiac surgery
devices. An explosion in multidisciplinary research, combining mechanical, chemical, and …

Towards an increased biocompatibility in total heart replacements: a new hybrid membrane for artificial blood pumps and the whole bioengineered heart

E Dal Sasso - 2018 - research.unipd.it
The only definitive treatment currently used for end-stage heart failure (HF) is cardiac
transplantation. However, the procedure is limited by organ shortage and the side-effects of …

Handbook of Polymer Applications in Medicine and Medical Devices: 8. Review of Research in Cardiovascular Devices

Z Nawrat - 2013 - books.google.com
An explosion in multidisciplinary research, combining mechanical, chemical, and electrical
engineering with physiology and medicine, during the 1960s created huge advances in …

Experiences with an artificial heart

JE Boulding - Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1971 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
I found the paper by Morris and Couves (Can Med Assoc J 105: 483, 1971)" Experiences
with a sac-type artificial heart" very interesting. However I am pleased to read that it will be …