Hierarchical control of heart-assist devices.
The demand for transplantable hearts exceeds the supply, and transplant candidates often wait long periods before a suitable donor organ becomes available. When pharmacological treatment fails to maintain adequate blood circulation, mechanical assistance of one or both ventricles is the only availab...
| Published in: | IEEE Robotics and automation magazine 10, 1 (2003). |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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