title: State-of-the-art and clinically applied pneumatic artificial hearts.
abstract: This article is intended to inform the reader of the current state of the art of pneumatically powered artificial hearts, including animal experiments and information available on 11 recipients of orthotopically placed devices.
authors.affiliation: Artificial Heart Research Laboratories, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taenaka
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000818:Animals; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D014589:Utah