The Mechanical Heart on the Medical Horizon.
Year: 1975
Type: article
Abstract: Progress in materials and design of a total artificial heart has lengthened survival times from 1(1/2) hours in 1958 to 3 months in 1974. During those years various limiting factors were found and analyzed. Remaining limitations encountered in a 3-month survivor were localized thrombosis within the blood chambers and infection along drive lines into the mediastinum.
Source: PubMed Central
Authors: Jacob Kolff, Don B. Olsen, Willem J. Kolff
Institution: University of Utah
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2228694621