HSEMB 2006

1:30-3:00 p.m.
Friday
February 10, 2006
Hawaiian Village Room

Artificial Heart and Ventricular Assistance I
Chair: Ralph Metcalfe — University of Houston
Co-chair: John W. Clark, Jr. — Rice University

Keynote Address on Ventricular Assist Pumping: The Need for Biventricular Assist Devices for End-stage Heart Failure

Yukihiko Nosé, M.D., Ph.D. — Baylor College of Medicine

Design of an Axial Flow Total Artificial Heart

R. White, R. Benkowski, S. Alexander and G. Morello — MicroMed Technology Inc., Houston

A Novel Rotary TAH with Hybrid Passive Maglev Impellers

D. Wang¹, X. Zhou¹, K.X. Qian², S. Topaz³ and J. B. Zwischenberger¹ — ¹UTMB, Galveston, ²Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, and ³SP Tech, St Helens, OR

1:30-3:00 p.m. Friday February 10, 2006 Hawaiian Village Room		Artificial Heart and Ventricular Assistance I Chair: Ralph Metcalfe — University of Houston Co-chair: John W. Clark, Jr. — Rice University
	Keynote Address on Ventricular Assist Pumping: The Need for Biventricular Assist Devices for End-stage Heart Failure
		Yukihiko Nosé, M.D., Ph.D. — Baylor College of Medicine
	Design of an Axial Flow Total Artificial Heart
		R. White, R. Benkowski, S. Alexander and G. Morello — MicroMed Technology Inc., Houston
	A Novel Rotary TAH with Hybrid Passive Maglev Impellers
		D. Wang¹, X. Zhou¹, K.X. Qian², S. Topaz³ and J. B. Zwischenberger¹ — ¹UTMB, Galveston, ²Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China, and ³SP Tech, St Helens, OR

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