Assisted Circulation 4

Assisted Circulation IV is an authoritative review of the progress achieved since the publication of Assisted Circulation III in 1989. The present book highlights the work of well-known experts on indications for assisted circulation, cardiac assist devices as bridges to transplantation, chronic mechanical support, biological energy sources, cardiomyoplasty, extracorporeal oxygenation, and xenotransplantation. Assisted Circulation IV is the latest product of an ongoing series intended to keep readers regularly informed about recent advances in this field. Assisted circulation is now a standard technology in cardiac surgery and, especially, in cardiac transplantation. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Questions and Predictions....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Introduction: Intra-aortic Balloon Pumping as an Established Clinical Method....Pages 9-11 Intra-aortic Balloon Pumping for Assisted Circulation: New Techniques and New Prospects....Pages 12-35 Large-volume Counterpulsation....Pages 36-41 Optimal Conditions of Biventricular Balloon Pumping During Ventricular Fibrillation in the Experimental Animal....Pages 42-51 Front Matter....Pages 53-53 Introduction: Clinical Reality....Pages 55-58 Mechanical Circulatory Support at Henri Mondor Hospital: Indications for the Use of Different Devices....Pages 59-64 Use of the Novacor Left Ventricular Assist System as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation: First Experience with Long-term Patients on the Wearable System....Pages 65-75 Clinical Results of the HeartMate Implantable Blood Pump....Pages 76-86 The Abiomed BVS 5000 for Treatment of Postcardiotomy Cardiogenic Shock....Pages 87-100 The Development of Low-cost Temporary and Permanent Circulatory Assist Devices....Pages 101-123 Progress Toward a Completely Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device at the Pennsylvania State University....Pages 124-137 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Introduction....Pages 141-141 Centrifugal Pumps — Now and the Future....Pages 142-151 The Hemopump: Clinical Results and Future Applications....Pages 152-165 Considerations in the Development of the Mini-Spindle Pump....Pages 166-171 New Progress with Impeller Pumps in Taiwan....Pages 172-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Introduction....Pages 191-191 Skeletal Muscle Ventricles for Biologic Cardiac Assistance....Pages 192-216 Chronic Heart Assist System....Pages 217-232 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Introduction....Pages 235-235 In Vivo Testing of a Clinical-size Totally Implantable Artificial Heart....Pages 236-248 Total Artificial Heart with High-efficiency Motor-Gear Unit....Pages 249-263 Front Matter....Pages 265-265 Introduction....Pages 267-267 Heart Transplantation: Current Experience at La Pitié, Paris....Pages 268-277 The Efficacy of Calcium Channel Blockers in Pulmonary Reperfusion....Pages 278-285 Cardiac Xenotransplantation....Pages 286-295 Front Matter....Pages 297-297 Introduction....Pages 299-299 Extracorporeal Respiratory Support in Acute Respiratory Failure....Pages 300-309 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Children....Pages 310-335 Intravascular Membrane Oxygenation and Carbon Dioxide Removal with Permissive Hypercapnia — New Concepts in the Management of Respiratory Failure....Pages 336-352 Front Matter....Pages 353-353 Horizons....Pages 355-355 Horizons....Pages 356-358 Horizons for Cardiac Prostheses....Pages 359-367 Horizons....Pages 368-371 Horizons....Pages 372-374 Horizons....Pages 375-376 Horizons....Pages 377-379 Future Directions in Assisted Circulation....Pages 380-382 Further Development of Extracorporeal Life Support....Pages 383-393 Front Matter....Pages 353-353 Recent Progress Using the Anstadt Cup for Direct Mechanical Ventricular Actuation....Pages 394-408 Back Matter....Pages 409-413 Assisted Circulation 4 is an authoritative review of the progress which has been achieved in the last 5 years since the publication of Assisted Circulation 3 in 1989. The present book highlights the work of well-known experts on indications for assisted circulation, cardiac support devices such as bridges, devices for transplantation, devices for chronic mechanical support, biological energy sources, cardiomyoplasty, extracorporeal membraneoxygenation and an overview of cardiac devices support with a specific emphasis on xenotransplantation. Assisted Circulation 4 is the latest product of an ongoing effort by the editors to keep readers regularly informed of recent developments in the field. Assisted Circulation is a standard technology in cardiac surgery and especially in cardiac transplantation. Recent developments with a standard technique used in cardiac surgery are reviewed in this volume. The contributors discuss cardiac support devices, transplantation, devices for chronic mechanical support, cardiomyoplasty, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and xenotransplantation.