Heart Replacement

I A Pioneer's Special View of Artificial Heart Total Artificial Hearts.- LVADs or Nothing? And Muscle and Air-Powered LVADs.- II Biomaterials.- Biocompatible Material Development.- Amino-Containing Polymers as Non-Adsorbable Surface for Platelets.- Changes in Platelet Metabolism in Contact with Hydrophilic Copolymer Surfaces.- A New Antithrombogenic Coating Material-Fluorine-Acryl-Styrene-Urethane-Silicone Graft-Block Copolymer-for a Circulatory Assist Device.- The Jellyfish Valve: A Polymer Membrane Valve for the Artificial Heart.- Photo-Induced Surface Microprocessing for Fabricated Devices.- Improved Patency of HEMA/Styrene Block Copolymer-Coated Small Vessel Prosthesis Without Neointima Formation.- Natural Antithrombogenic Surface Created In Vivo for an Artificial Heart.- III Completely Implantable Devices of Ventricular Assist System.- A Totally Implantable Heart Assist System: The Novacor Program.- The Baylor Totally Implantable, Biolized, Compact Electromechanical Ventricular Assist System (VAS).- Endurance of a Motor-Driven Assist Pomp.- Corrugated Diaphragms for Adult and Baby-Size Artificial Ventricules.- Portable Electric Systems for Long-Term Use.- IV Completely Implantable Devices of Total Artificial Heart.- Completely Implantable Total Artificial Heart and Heart Assist Systems: Initial In Vivo Testing.- System Estimation of Linear Pulse Motor-Driven Artificial Heart.- A Human Model of the Moving-Actuator Type Total Artificial Heart (TAH).- Dynamic Change of Cardiac Base and Anatomic Constraints in Total Artificial Heart Implantation.- An Electrohydraulic Totally Implantable Artificial Heart with a Motor-Integrated Regenerative Pump.- Minimization of Hemolysis in the Design Improvement of Totally Implantable Univalved Artificial Heart System (AHS).- Baylor Multi-Purpose One-Piece Total Artificial Heart (TAH) System for Short-Term to Long-Term Use.- Perspectives of Total Artificial Heart Research as a Valuable Modelling System for General Physiology and Pathophysiology.- Development of an Implantable Total Artificial Heart: Initial Animal Experiments.- V Clinical Use of Devices.- Clinical Use of Mechanical Cardiac Assist Devices.- Clinical Use of Cardiac Assist Devices.- Clinical Applications and Problems of Pneumatic Pulsatile Ventricular Assist Devices.- Clinical Experience with Percutaneous Left Ventricular Support Using Transseptal Left Atrial-Femoral Artery Bypass.- New Compact Integrated Cardiopulmonary Bypass Unit (CICU) for Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Support.- Development and Intermediate Results of a New Short Durable Balloon for Intraaortic Balloon Pumping.- Cardiac Functions in Long-Term Survivors of Mechanical Circulatory Support.- Analysis of Complications Affecting Survival After Employment of Ventricular Assist System (VAS) Using Pneumatic and Centrifugal Pumps.- Antithrombogenic Regimen for Clinical Use of Pneumatic Ventricular Assist Device.- Quantitative Detection of Regional Right Ventricular Contraction Abnormalities During Left Ventricular Assistance.- Effect of Left Ventricular Assistance on Ventricular/Arterial Coupling and Efficiency of Energy Transfer from Pressure-Volume Area to External Mechanical Work of the Right Ventricle.- VI New Approaches.- Toward an Implantable Axial Intra-Cardiac Blood Pump: The Valvo-Pump.- Development of a Miniature Intraventricular Axial Flow Blood Pump as a Fully Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Device for Bridge Use.- An Electrically-Driven Rotary Blood Pump Based on the Wankel Engine.- Development of a Pulsatile Total Artificial Heart Using a Single Continuous Flow Pump: Development of the Third Model.- Study of a Ferrofluidic Actuator for an Implantable Artificial Heart.- Magnetically Actuated Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD): Acute Animal Test Results.- Development of a Seal-Less Motor-Driven Centrifugal Blood Pump (Baylor Gyro Pump).- Recent Development of Centrifugal Blood Pump with a Magnetically Suspended Impeller.- Development of Straight Path Centrifugal Pump.- Pulmonary Function in Nonpulsatile Pulmonary Circulation with a Centrifugal Pump.- Toward a Nonpulsatile Totally Implantable Artificial Heart.- Functional Evaluation of Dynamic Cardiomyoplasty in Chronic Heart Failure Model.- Muscle-Powered Blood Pump Driven by Linear Muscle Actuator: System Development and Performance.- Dual Chamber Skeletal Muscle Powered Pump: Performance at Low Filling Pressure.- Trans-Mitral Ventricular Uptake for Temporary Left Ventricular Support Without Blood Stagnation.- Low-Heparinized Left or Biventrucular Bypass with Oxygenation: Possibility of an Alternative Cardiopulmonary Support in Lung Transplantation.- Reciprocal of the Peripheral Vascular Resistance (1/R) Control Method for the Total Artificial Heart.- New Artificial Heart Control Method from the Neurophysiological Point of View.- Abdominally-Placed Implantable Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) with a Continuous Monitoring System.- In Vitro Development of Automatic Control for the Moving-Actuator Type Total Artificial Heart (TAH).- VII Heart Transplantation.- Organization and Coordination of Organ Transplantation in the United States.- Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Management and Results.- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circulatory Support as a Bridge to Pediatric Heart Transplantation.- Non-Invasive Monitoring for Cardiac Rejection Using Impedance Plethysmograms.- Scientific Exhibition.- Key Word Index.