The art and science of providing perfusion for patients undergoing surgical correction of congenital heart lesions has advanced rapidly in the last decade. The complex equipment, the unique acidùbase management strategies, the specialized perfusion and ultrafiltration techniques…
VAD design / Aron J.P. Andrade, Gustavo C. Andrade, Juliana Leme, Bruno U. Silva -- Electromechanical actuators / Breno Y.T. Nishida and Rogerio L. de Souza -- Cardiovascular system simulators / Jeison W.G. Fonseca, Breno Y.T. Nishida and Gustavo C. Andrade -- Control Systems / …
"Often associated with artificial hearts, Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both biventricular. Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices details constructiv…
"Often associated with artificial hearts, Ventricular Assist Devices (VAD) are blood pumps that can provide circulatory assistance to the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both biventricular. Bioengineering and Biomaterials in Ventricular Assist Devices details constructiv…
John Heysham Gibbon, Jr., M.D., was the first researcher to develop a heart-lung machine that could fully support an adult's cardiac and respiratory functions during surgical procedures to repair defects in the heart and lungs. The difficulty of such a task can be seen in the nu…
