Mechanical Blood Pumps for Cardiac Assistance

Cardiac assist devices are classified into the traditional engineering categories of displacement and rotary pumps. Clinical use and indications of the various pump categories are outlined and a detailed description of currently available systems is given. The first part deals with extracorporeal as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: M. Akdis, H. Reul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2005-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/abbi.2004.0034