Volume 1 – Mechanical Circulatory Support

Chapter 1: Developmental History of Mechanical Circulatory Support
James K. Kirklin and O.H. Frazier

Chapter 2:  Biologic Barriers to Mechanical Circulatory Support
William A. Holman, Edward R. Teitel, and Silviu Itescu

Chapter 3: Engineering Concepts in the Design of Mechanical Circulatory Support
James F. Antaki, Victor Piorier, and Francis D. Pagani

Chapter 4: Positive Displacement Ventricular Assist Devices
J. Donald Hill, David F. Farrar, Yoshifumi Naka, Jonathen M. Chen, Peer M. Portner, and Daniel Loisance

Chapter 5: Rotary Ventricular Assist Devices
Daniel Goldstein, Mark Zucker, Francis D. Pagani, and O.H. Frazier

Chapter 6: Total Artificial Hearts
Jack G. Copeland, Robert D. Dowling, and Pei H. Tsau

Chapter 7: Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support
Elizabeth D. Blume and Brian W. Duncan

Chapter 8: Outcomes After Mechanical Circulatory Support
illiam A. Holman and James K. Kirklin

Chapter 9: Myocardial Recovery Following Prolonged Mechanical Support
Guillermo Torre-Amione and Matthias Loebe

Chapter 10: Permanent Mechanical Circulatory Support
Mark S. Slaughter and Mario C. Deng

Chapter 11: The Evolving Role of Mechanical Circulatory Support in Advanced Heart Failure
Lynne Warner Stevenson

Chapter 12: Emerging Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Leonard A.R. Golding, Ali El-Banayosy, Robert L. Kormos, David J. Farrar, Christof Schmid, Jal S. Jassawalla, Phillip J. Miller, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, John Woodard, and Donald S. Esmore