A nonpulsatile total artificial heart with 1/R control

• Published in: Journal of artificial organs Vol. 11; no. 4; pp. 191 - 200
• Main Authors: Abe, Yusuke, Saito, Itsuro, Isoyama, Takashi, Miura, Hidekazu, Shi, Wei, Yamaguchi, Sachiko, Inoue, Yusuke, Nakagawa, Hidemoto, Ono, Minoru, Kishi, Ayumi, Ono, Toshiya, Kouno, Akimasa, Chinzei, Tsuneo, Imachi, Kou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan Springer Japan 01.12.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Blood Cell Count; Cardiac Output; Cardiac Surgery; Control charts; Female; Goats; Heart, Artificial; Heuristic; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nephrology; Original Article; Pulsatile Flow; Studies; Nonpulsatile; 1/R control; Total artificial heart; Undulation pump; Fluctuation

A total artificial heart (TAH) using continuous flow pumps is promising for size reduction of the device; however, the role of pulsatility in TAHs has been a subject of great debate. Additionally, it is unclear whether, in a nonpulsatile TAH, a physiological control method such as 1/R control can ke...