title: The European artificial organ scene: present status.
abstract: This article summarizes the current evolutions regarding artificial organs in Europe. The review emanates from the activities by four of the work groups of the European Society for Artificial Organs (ESAO) and is essentially based on the reports by these work groups at the latest ESAO meeting in Warsaw, Poland (2004). The topics are: apheresis, heart support, liver support, uremic toxins.
authors.affiliation: Nephrology Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Gent, Belgium. raymond.vanholder@ugent.be
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vanholder
authors.forename: Juan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: del Cañizo
authors.forename: Igor M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Sauer
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stegmayr
mesh_terms: D001187:Artificial Organs; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D009938:Organizations