Present status and future perspectives of support systems for artificial organs in patients living away from hospital Yoshinori MitamuraHiroshi Nishida Editorial Pages: 169 - 171
Feasibility of a remote monitoring system for patients with an implantable left ventricular assist device using Personal Handy-Phone System telecommunication technology Eiji OkamotoEichi IwazawaYoshinori Mitamura Original Article Pages: 172 - 179
Remote monitoring with automatic hemodialysis system for home hemodialysis Makoto KitamuraShinichi TanakaNaoto Ishida Original Article Pages: 180 - 182
Hemodialysis machine with one-touch volume replacement and one-touch hemodialysis completion Takahiro ShinzatoShigeru NakaiKenji Maeda Brief Communication Pages: 183 - 187
Approach to treatment of acute respiratory failure with liquid ventilation Shigeki SawadaEisaku KomoriNobuyoshi Shimizu Review Pages: 188 - 192
Treatment strategy for infections in patients with permanent pacemakers Atsushi MorishitaTadayuki ShimakuraTaiichi Takasaki Original Article Pages: 193 - 197
An automatic monitoring system for artificial hearts using a hierarchical self-organizing map Xian-Zheng WangMakoto YoshizawaShin-ichi Nitta Original Article Pages: 198 - 204
Computer assisted design for the implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) blood pump using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Eiji OkamotoShin-ichi FukuokaYoshinori Mitamura Original Article Pages: 205 - 213
A newly developed cerebral perfusion catheter for aortic arch operation Naoki WashiyamaTeruhisa KazuiJunichi Ukawa Original Article Pages: 214 - 219
Enhanced adhesion of endothelial cells onto a polypropylene hollow-fiber membrane by plasma discharge treatment and high inoculum cell density Mutsumi TakagiToshihide HaraguchiToshiomi Yoshida Original Article Pages: 220 - 225
Comparison of long-term results between Hancock porcine bioprosthesis and Carpentier-Edwards pericardial bioprosthesis in the aortic and the mitral positions Munetaka MasudaRhuji TominagaHisataka Yasui Original Article Pages: 226 - 230
Heart failure in the dog induced by rapid ventricular pacing using a newly designed cardiac pacemaker, MCMS-0102 Kuniyoshi WatanabeHideo KurodaJun Amano Original Article Pages: 231 - 236
Long-distance transportation of patients with a paracorporeal left ventricular assist system Eiki TayamaKoji AkasuShigeaki Aoyagi Original Article Pages: 237 - 240
Hemostatic effect of tranexamic acid (transamin) during coronary artery bypass grafting Koji KohnoSosuke KimuraTakashi Fukaya Original Article Pages: 241 - 244
Development of an axial flow blood pump: Characteristics of a magnetic fluid seal Kazumitsu SekineMasahiro AsakawaYoshinori Mitamura Original Article Pages: 245 - 251
Treatment of multiple organ failure by a totally implantable ventricular assist device Tomoyuki YambeNaoki OwadaShin-ichi Nitta Brief Communication Pages: 252 - 256