Current status of left ventricular assist devices: the role in bridge to heart transplantation and future perspectives Hikaru MatsudaGoro Matsumiya REVIEW Pages: 157 - 161
Design of a miniature implantable left ventricular assist device using CAD/CAM technology Eiji OkamotoTakuya HashimotoYoshinori Mitamura ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 162 - 167
A novel diaphragm-to-housing junction adhesive method: alumina ball milling Kwangho LeeSanghoon Lee ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 168 - 172
Vascular prosthetic implantation is associated with prolonged inflammation following aortic aneurysm surgery Shunya ShindoKoji OgataKatsumi Okuyama ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 173 - 178
Pannus formation in aortic valve prostheses in the late postoperative period Yukio KuniyoshiKageharu KojaYoshiyuki Nakasone ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 179 - 182
The isolated normothermic hemoperfused porcine forelimb as a test system for transdermal absorption studies Susanne M. WagnerAna C. NogueiraBruno Christ ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 183 - 191
Measurements of the mechanical properties of contracted collagen gels populated with rat fibroblasts or cardiomyocytes Zhonggang FengToyoaki MatsumotoTakao Nakamura ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 192 - 196
Nondestructive evaluation of blood flow in a dialyzer using X-ray computed tomography Yoshitada SakaiShigehisa WadaIzumi Anno ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 197 - 204
Selection of hemoperfusion therapy for patients with septic shock on the basis of the primary disease Yoshihiko KannoHironori NemotoHiromichi Suzuki ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 205 - 210
Development of a new extracorporeal whole-liver perfusion system Katsutoshi NaruseYasuyuki SakaiMasatoshi Makuuchi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 211 - 217
A case in which biventricular assist device support was required after aortic valve replacement with a bioprosthetic valve Kiyoshi KoizumiRyohei YozuMasanori Morita CASE REPORT Pages: 218 - 221
Hydrodynamically stable adhesion of endothelial cells onto a polypropylene hollow fiber membrane by modification with adhesive protein Mutsumi TakagiKouji ShiwakuToshiomi Yoshida BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 222 - 226