CARDIOVASCULAR
ENGINEERING

Official Publication of the World Artificial Organ, Immunology and Transplantation Society (WAITS)

Volume 10, 2005, No 1

• Editorial: Some Observations on Scientific Publishing
  T. B. Ferguson

• Obituary – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut “Paul” Reul

• FDA Regulation of Medical Devices – An Overview
  C. M. Meyers

• Clinical Experience with a New “Minimally Invasive Circulatory Support System” (CardioVention CORx-System) for Coronary Artery Bypass
  J. Wippermann, J. M. Albes, M. Kaluza, H. Brandes, M. Hartrumpf, Th. Wahlers

• Successful Heart Transplantation after Mechanical Circulatory Support with the POLCAS® System in a Case of Cardiogenic Shock due to Idiopathic Giant-Cell Myocarditis (IGCM)
  R. R. Favaloro, S. V. Perrone, F. R. Klein, P. Klin, C. B. Gómez, J. Abud, G. Blanco, P. Comignani, O. Ferro

• Socio-Economical and Ethical Problems in the Organ Replacement Surgery
  K. Atsumi (without abstract)

• The Burden of Heart Disease in Canada – What are the Perspectives for the Future Development?
  J. G. Fodor, K. B. Adamo

• Design, Construction, and Testing of a Manually Portable Prototype Device for Prolonged Cryostorage of Hearts
  J. E. Molina, A. L. Rivard, S. A. Prindle, J. C. Bischof, R. M. Christen, L. L. Kinney

• Cytoarchitecture of the Cardiac Conduction System, with Special Reference to Tawara’s Sketches
  T. Shimada, T. Miyamoto, K. Sueda, T. Yamaguchi, M. Watanabe

• Distribution of the AV Nodal Tissue in Both Atria: With Reference to its Arrhythmogenicity
  S. Inoue, T. Matsuyama, G. Ogawa, M. Tokunoh, Y. Kobayashi, F. Yoshida, H. Ota, T. Katagiri

• Conduction Disturbances and Inflammatory Heart Disease
  C. Piper, D. Horstkotte

• Coronary Venous Anatomy by Retrograde Venography
  M. Yoda, B. Hansky, J. Vogt, K. Minami

• Sunao Tawara’s Six Letters to Ludwig Aschoff
  M. Shimada

• Electrode Placement Significantly Affects Transthoracic Atrial Defibrillation Thresholds
  L. C. Hunt, A. L. de Jongh Curry

• Stents Cause Flow Disturbances in Coronary Arteries: A Study using Laser-Doppler-Anemometry (LDA)
  A. Sakurai, D. Liepsch, Th. Schmid, H. Breitfuss, M. Hilber, H. Berger, S. Schwarzacher

• Calculation of Haemorheological Properties for Cardiovascular Diagnosis based on Ultra Sound Measurements of Velocity Profiles
  M. Alizadeh, G. Benderoth, S. Kasseckert, M. Rzepka, M. Stanull, S. Vogt, R. Moorsdorf, G. Silber