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    Comparison of Blood Viscoelasticity in Pediatric and Adult Cardiac Patients

    Evidence is accumulating that blood flow patterns in the cardiovascular system and in cardiovascular devices do, in some instances, depend on blood viscoelasticity. Thus, to better understand the challenges to...

    M. Keith Sharp, Mary Gregg, Guy Brock in Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology (2017)

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    In Vitro Pum** Performance Evaluation of the Ension Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Assist System for Venoarterial and Venovenous ECMO

    The purpose of this study is to determine the pum** performance of Revision 7 of the Ension pediatric cardiopulmonary assist system (pCAS) when used with cannulae for venoarterial (VA) or venovenous (VV) ext...

    George M. Pantalos, Danielle E. Abel in Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology (2012)

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    Numerical Simulation of the Influence of Gravity and Posture on Cardiac Performance

    A numerical model of the cardiovascular system was used to quantify the influences on cardiac function of intrathoracic pressure and intravascular and intraventricular hydrostatic pressure, which are fundament...

    Kristy Peterson, Edwin T. Ozawa, George M. Pantalos in Annals of Biomedical Engineering (2002)

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    Influence of Gravity on Cardiac Performance

    Results obtained by the investigators in ground-based experiments and in two parabolic flight series of tests aboard the NASA KC-135 aircraft with a hydraulic simulator of the human systemic circulation have c...

    George M. Pantalos, M. Keith Sharp, Stewart J. Woodruff in Annals of Biomedical Engineering (1998)

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    Retrieval analyses of U-100 Total Artificial Heart blood-contacting surface

    This paper deals with retrieval analyses of the Utah-100 (U-100) total artificial heart (TAH). Thrombus formation, cell adhesion and activation, mineralization, and adsorbed protein layers have been investigat...

    Chisato Nojiri, Don B. Olsen, Teruo Okano, Harvey A. Jacobs in Artificial Heart 3 (1991)