Artificial organs [electronic resource] / Gerald E. Miller
- Author:
- Miller, Gerald E.
- Published:
- San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2006]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2006
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (v, 66 pages : illustrations) : digital file
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- Abstract with links to resource: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
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- Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to subscribers or individual document purchasers.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Summary:
- 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 to augment a weakened human heart have assisted millions of patients in the previous 50 years and offers 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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- ISBN:
- 1598290495 (electronic bk.)
9781598290493 (electronic bk.)
1598290487 (paper)
9781598290486 (paper) - Related Titles:
- Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science
- Note:
- Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-66).
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