title: Development of totally implantable pulsatile biventricular assist device.
abstract: Approximately 10% to 15% of all patients implanted with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) have required right heart support with another device. The necessity of aggressive biventricular support has already been proposed. Therefore, the totally implantable biventricular assist device (BVAD) was developed. The width of the BVAD main body was 87 mm, the thickness 67 mm, and the height 106 mm, while the weight was 785 g. The automatic control algorithm was developed to prevent lung edema and atrial rupture.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, Korea.
authors.forename: Chan Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jun Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung Joo
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Wook Eun
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang Mo
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Kyong-Sik
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Om
authors.forename: Jaesoon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jongwon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun Bo
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Young Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Byoung Goo
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Min
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results