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

Volume 8, 2003, No 1-2

Contents

• Early Years of Development of Artificial Organs: Lessons Learned and Future Visions
  W. J. Kolff, S. Jacob

• Current Advances in Robotic Heart Surgery and Nanotechnology
  R. E. Michler, P. Kwiatkowski

• Towards Optimal Control of Blood Flow in Artificial Hearts
  S. Tavoularis, A. Sahrapour, N. U. Ahmed, A. Madrane, R. Vaillancourt

• A Neural Network-Based Controller for an Artificial Heart
  M. J. Conlon, D. L. Russell, T. Mussivand

• Treatment of Hyperkalemia with High Dose Intravenous Insulin during Extracorporeal Circulation
  H. Kocoglu, S. Goksu, S. Pence, B. Soykan, N. Yilmaz, T. Kocak

• Ultrasonic Dimension Transducer for Perioperative Monitoring of Left Ventricular Contractility
  S. Tatebe, M. Nakazawa, M. J. Davies, V. T. Tsang, M. J. Elliott

• Keeping the Slime off the Table Preventing Infection of Artificial Devices
  R. Saginur

• Myocardial Perfusion during Simultaneous Antegrade/Retrograde Cardioplegia
  G. Tian, B. Xiang, G. Dai, J. Sun, J. Docherty, R. Mangat, T. A. Salerno, R. Deslauriers

• Impact of Crystalloid HTK and St. Thomas’ Cardioplegia on Myocardial Fluid Balance and Postcardioplegic Stunning
  H. H. Sauer, S. J. Allen, G. A. Laine

• A Modified, Extracellular-Type, University of Wisconsin Solution Results in Complete Recovery of Pig Hearts after 12-Hour Hypothermic Preservation
  G. Tian, B. Xiang, G. Dai, J. Sun, W. G. Lindsay, R. Deslauriers

• The Application of Fluids Based Technology for Perfusion Preservation of Adult, Human Sized, Canine Hearts
  L. Bunegin, J. F. Gelineau

• Bioline or Safeline Treatment of CPB Circuits?
  R. Feyrer, F. Harig, R. Cesnjevar, O. Faidi Mahmoud, H. Parsch, M. Doreth, T. Fischlein, M. Weyand

• Extracorporal Membrane Oxygenation Following Pulmonary Artery Rupture from Swan-Ganz Catheter Insertion
  A. M. Fabricius, N. Doll, J. Onnasch, F. W. Mohr

• Zero-Balanced Hemofiltration during and after Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Pigs Results in a Reduction of Plasma Cytokine Levels with no Associated Effects on Cardiorespiratory Function
  G. P. Eising, H. Schad, W. Heimisch, A. Bernhard-Abt, U. Ettner, E. Schäffer, P. Tassani, N. Mendler, R. Lange

• Myocardial Fatty Acid Uptake in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Effects of Corrective Surgery and Long-term Follow-up Study
  G. Notohamiprodjo, H. Meyer, R. Körfer

• The "Virtual Patient" as a Calibration Tool for Multicentric Quality Assessment
  U. Tochtermann, B. R. Osswald, G. Thomas, I. Carl, C. F. Vahl, S. Hagl

• A VAD in the Right Circulation of Patients with Univentricular Hearts: An Animal Model
  Y. d’Udekem d’Acoz, O. Van Caenegem, L. Jacquet, E. Legrand, D. Thiry, J. Rubay, P. Noirhomme

• Computerized Image Analysis in the Quantitative Assessment of Interstitial Fibrosis Late after Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot
  T. H. F. Peters, H. S. Sharma, A. J. J. C. Bogers