Artificial Hearts

Technology and Therapy Management

Ming Yang (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2020
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-15-4380-7 (ISBN)

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This book provides a comprehensive introduction to artificial hearts, summarizing the latest advances in basic technologies, design, evaluation, and management. Featuring 11 chapters, it discusses the origins of the artificial heart, the mechanisms of heart failure, and the principles of artificial heart technologies. Further, it offers an overview of rotary pumps and volume-displacement pumps, and addresses total artificial hearts. Lastly, the book covers evaluation, selection, therapy management, challenges, and the latest innovations. Given its scope, it is a valuable resource for researchers and technicians in the area of biomedical engineering, as well as surgeons.

Ming Yang is currently a Professor at the Department of Instrument Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. He received his B. Eng. from Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute, Qiqihar, China, M. Eng. from Xian Jiao Tong University and Ph.D. from Tianjin University in 1985, 1990 and 1996, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China, and a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. His research interests include cardiac assist devices and power ultrasonics, especially in ultrasonic motors.

Chapter 1. Evolution of Artificial Heart Technology.- Chapter 2. Mechanisms of Heart Failure.- Chapter 3. Basis of Artificial Heart Technologies.- Chapter 4. Artificial Heart: Rotary Pump.- Chapter 5. Artificial Heart: Volume-Displacement Pump.- Chapter 6. Total Artificial Heart.- Chapter 7. Evaluation of Artificial Hearts.- Chapter 8. Selection of Artificial Heart Devices.- Chapter 9. Therapy Management of VADs.- Chapter 10. Challenges of Artificial Heart Devices.- Chapter 11. A Primary Study for Biocompatible Ventricular Assist Devices.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.09.2021
Zusatzinfo	27 Illustrations, color; 10 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 212 p. 37 illus., 27 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Herz- / Thorax- / Gefäßchirurgie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Orthopädie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Technik ► Medizintechnik
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
Schlagworte	Artificial hearts • Selections of devices • Technologies • Therapy management • Ventricular Assist Devices
ISBN-10	981-15-4380-1 / 9811543801
ISBN-13	978-981-15-4380-7 / 9789811543807
Zustand	Neuware