Heart support systems: from idea to clinical practice.
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This paper describes the development of a pneumatic ventricular assist device by our group from the first steps to the clinical assay. The device, called BCM, has an input compliant cannula that improves the filling of the device. Results of the clinical assay showed that the BCM device was suitable for clinical use. New developments of our group are also mentioned.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Prilozi
دوره 29 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008