Clinical trial of argatroban, a direct thrombin inhibitor, as an anticoagulant in cardiopulmonary support and apheresis in emergency patients: a preliminary report K. AkashiY. MasuiM. Sugiyama ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0223 - 0227
Percutaneous cardiopulmonary support for treatment of massive pulmonary embolism E. TayamaT. TakaseyaS. Aoyagi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0228 - 0232
Reliability and efficacy of a monitoring system for an implanted pulse generator M. OsakoT. SatoH. Imamura ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0233 - 0238
Development of an electrostatic generator for a cardiac pacemaker that harnesses the ventricular wall motion R. TashiroN. KabeiK. Tsuchiya ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0239 - 0245
Midterm results of aortic valve replacement with Carpentier-Edwards porcine bioprosthesis J. SakataM. TsukamotoT. Abe ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0246 - 0250
Technical evaluation of dialysate flow in a hollow-fiber dialyzer K. IshiwataK. YamamotoT. Hiyoshi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0251 - 0256
Development of a xenogeneic direct hemoperfusion method in a bioartificial liver system K. NaruseY. SakaiM. Makuuchi ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0257 - 0264
No evidence of porcine endogenous retrovirus infection in bioartificial skin composed of porcine dermal matrix J.-T. ChangM.-S. LinS.-R. Wang ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0265 - 0269
Detection of skeletal muscle fatigue using an accelerometer in dynamic cardiomyoplasty M. ShinoharaH. KurodaH. Makino ORIGINAL ARTICLE Pages: 0270 - 0275
Left ventricular support using the Gyro C1E3 centrifugal pump: durability of the double-pivot, blood-immersed bearing in prolonged clinical use K. KawahitoH. AdachiT. Ino CASE REPORT Pages: 0276 - 0280
Cardiovascular surgery in chronic hemodialysis patients H. ShimpoR. GunH. Iwata BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 0281 - 0283
In vitro evaluation method of bioartificial liver function: constant infusion test Y. G. ParkH. IwataY. Ikada BRIEF COMMUNICATION Pages: 0284 - 0288