Design and performance testing of an axial-flow ventricular assist device developed at the Fu Wai Hospital in Beijing.

Purpose: Various ventricular assist devices (VADs) have been developed for clinical use in recent years. The aim of a multidisciplinary research team at the Fuwai Hospital of the Peking Union Medical College is to design and develop an axial flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for adults.Meth...

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Published in:International Journal of Artificial Organs Vol. 31; no. 11; pp. 983 - 988
Main Authors: Zhang Y, Hu SS, Zhou JY, Sun HS, Zhang H, Zheng Z, Zhu XD, Li GR, Gui XM, Zhan Z, Jin DH, Zhang, Y, Hu, S-S, Zhou, J-Y, Sun, H-S, Zhang, H, Zheng, Z, Zhu, X-D, Li, G-R, Gui, X-M
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Sage Publications Inc. 2008
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