CARDIOVASCULAR
ENGINEERING Journal for Extracorporeal Circulation, Assist Devices,Transplantation and Artificial Organs

Volume 6, 2001, No 1

• Right Heart Support, Percutaneous Assist Devices – What is New?
  H. Reul

• Long-Term Results in Patients Undergoing Heart Transplantation While on Mechanical Assist Device
  T. Colombo, G. Bruschi, S. Agati, C. Marchetti, C. Russo, M. Lanfranconi, M. Frigerio, F. Oliva, F. Milazzo, M. Visigalli, E. Vitali

• Successful Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation Using Conventional Cardiac Assist Devices – University of Alberta Experience
  S. H. Wang, Y. Saiki, G. Singh, K. Scherr, A. Koshal, J. C. Mullen, D. L. Modry

• The Aachen Implantable VAD “VERSUS”: First Animal Studies
  F. Förster, H. Reul, G. Rau

• Advances in Semilunar Heart Valve Reconstruction
  J. G. Hanlon, R. W. Suggitt, J. W. Love

• Temperature and Inflammatory Response on Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  A. Bel, N. Elleuch, E. Florens, P. Menasché

• Intraluminal Thoracic Aortic Stenting
  M. Grabenwöger, D. Hutschala, M. Ehrlich, S. Thurnher, J. Lammer, E. Wolner

• The Micro Mitral Operation
  T. Aybek, S. Dogan, G. Wimmer-Greinecker, G. Matheis, P. Kessler, K. Westphal, A. Moritz

• Robotics – Technology and Procedural Development
  V. Falk, N. Swarup

• The Effects of Dopamine, Epinephrine and Dobutamine in the Newborn Piglet During Normoxia and Hypoxia
  K. J. Barrington

• Time-Saving Procedure in the Treatment of Postpneumonectomy Empyema
  T. Grodzki, J. Wójcik, J. Alchimowicz, L. Kochanowski, J. Pieróg, B. Kubisa

• Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Thymus Complicating Cardiosurgical Intervention – A Case Report
  A.-S. Sirat, S. Vogt, B. Kusch, Ch. Nies, U. Feek, H. Köster, R. Moosdorf

• Ethical Issues Associated with the Determination of Patient Selection Criteria for Total Artificial Heart Technology
  K. A. Bramstedt

• Impact of Nitric Oxide on Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Expression in Intrapulmonary Arteries of Rats with Hypoxic Pulmonary Vascular Structural Remodeling
  D. Junbao, Z. Bin, Z. Bin, T. Chaoshu