Assisted Circulation 3
By: edited by Felix Unger
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 621
ISBN-13: 9783642744068; 9783642744044
Subjects: Heart; Blood-vessels; Medicine; Surgery; Cardiology; Biomedical engineering
Other titles: With contributions by numerous experts
Description: Assisted Circulation 3 is an authoritative review of the progress which has been achieved in the last 5 years since the appearance of Assisted Circulation 2 in 1984. The present book highlights the work of well-known experts on - new indications for assisted circulation, - cardiac assist devices as bridges toward transplantation, - temporary mechanical heart support, - results of long term studies into problems of tissue overgrowth, infection, and physiological regulation of cardiac devices, and - new results on cardiac transplantation and the new immunsuppresive regima. Assisted Circulation 3 is the latest product of an ongoing effort by the editors to keep readers abreast of recent advances in the field on a regular basis.
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Table of contents: title: Contents: Present Status in Assisted Circulation; title: Counterpulsation; title: Cardiac Assistance; title: Bridging to Transplantation; title: Total Artificial Heart; title: Heart Transplantation; title: Energy Sources; title: Horizons; title: Subject Index.