Title :
OxyRVAD for total right heart and respiratory support
Author :
Wang, D. ; Zou, X. ; Liu, X. ; Lick, SD ; Zwischenberger, JB
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Surg., Univ. of Texas Med. Branch, Galveston, TX
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
In this article, compact paracorporeal OxyRVAD for total right heart and respiratory support for end stagy chronic lung diseases with combined right heart and respiratory failure is developed. We use commercial available artificial lung(affinity) and well fabricated clinical axial flow pump (MicroMed) to seek more than two week right and respiratory support
Keywords :
artificial organs; cardiology; lung; pumps; artificial lung; chronic lung diseases; clinical axial flow pump; paracorporeal OxyRVAD; respiratory failure; respiratory support; right heart failure; total right heart; Anesthesia; Arteries; Blood; Cities and towns; Heart; Hemodynamics; Lungs; Monitoring; Surgery; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260849
