Artificial organs [electronic resource] / Gerald E. Miller.
- Author/Creator:
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Miller, Gerald E.
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- 1st ed. - San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, c2006.
- Format:
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- Book
- 1 electronic text (v, 66 p.) : ill.
- Note:
- Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Oct. 29. 2008). Series from website.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-66).
- Contents:
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- Artificial heart valves
- Cardiac anatomy and pathophysiology
- Prosthetic heart valves
- Evaluation of prosthetic valves
- Artificial heart and cardiac assist devices
- Cardiac anatomy and pathophysiology
- Heart assist technology
- Evaluation of blood pumps
- Cardiac pacemakers
- Cardiac electrophysiology
- The electrocardiogram
- Cardiac pacemaker
- Pacemaker implantation
- Cardioverter
- Dialysis
- The nephron and mass transfer
- Dialysis procedure and the dialysis system
- History of dialysis
- Dialyzer cartridge reuse
- References.
- Access:
- Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.
- Citation:
- Compendex INSPEC Google scholar Google book search
- Publisher's Summary:
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The replacement or augmentation of failing human organs with artificial devices and systems has been an important element in health care for several decades. Such devices as kidney dialysis to augment failing kidneys, artificial heart valves to replace failing human valves, cardiac pacemakers to reestablish normal cardiac rhythm, and heart-assist devices have helped millions of patients in the previous 50 years and offer lifesaving technology for tens of thousands of patients each year. Significant advances in these biomedical technologies have continually occurred during this period, saving numerous lives with cutting edge technologies. Each of these artificial organ systems will be described in detail in separate sections of this lecture.
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- Format:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
- Related Work:
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
- Series:
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Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering, 1932-0336 ; #4
Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering ; #4. 1932-0336 - Subjects:
- ISBN:
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1598290495
9781598290493
1598290487
9781598290486
- Catkey: 8823003
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