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Figure 18.9 (See color insert following page 302)
MicroMed DeBakey ventricular assist device. (With per-
mission from MicroMed Technology, Inc, Huston, TX.)
Some of the newer magnetically levitated centrifugal pumps like HeartQuest VAD (MedQuest
Products, Inc.) (Chen et al., 2002), DuraHeart LVAS (Terumo Corp.) (Nojiri, 2002) and CorAide
LVAS (Arrow Intl.) (Figure 18.11) (Doi et al., 2004) offer the similar advantages as above and are
in the early stages of clinical investigation.
18.8
TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART
The era of total artificial heart replacement began in 1958 with the successful sustenance of
circulation of a dog for 90 min by Akustu and Kolff (1958). This was followed by the implantation
of the Liotta heart by Cooley in 1969 (Cooley et al., 1969) and the Akutsu III heart in 1981 (Frazier
Figure 18.10 Cross-section of MicroMed DeBakey ventricular assist device. (With permission from MicroMed
Technology, Inc, Huston, TX.)
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