Advances in Cardiovascular Technology New Devices and Concepts

• Covers innovative procedures and devices in cardiovascular technology
• Gives an overview of the state-of-the-art technology and a view to the future
• Features contributions from engineers, clinicians and researchers, taking an interdisciplinary view of the field

Part I: Cardiovascular practice
1. The history of cardiac device innovation: the collaborative triumph of the Kay-Cross Oxygenator
2. The critical need for ongoing innovation in cardiovascular medicine

Part II: Cardiovascular perfusion
3. Progress in cardiovascular perfusion and technology
4. Organ perfusion and cardiopulmonary bypass techniques

Part III: Mechanical circulatory support and organ replacement
5. Demand for mechanical circulatory support
6. Continuous-flow ventricular assist devices
7. Research and development for creating a universal ventricular assist device
8. Right ventricular assist device
9. Advanced approaches for total artificial heart development
10. Cardiac transplantation and organ preservation
11. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in adults
12. Device-based circulatory support therapy for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Part IV: Innovative surgical approaches and interventional techniques
13. Cardiac implantable devices in heart failure: role of imaging
14. Imaging technologies and virtual planning for congenital heart repairs
15. Evolution of device therapies for cardiovascular surgical care in children
16. Robotic mitral valve surgery: new techniques and solutions
17. Transcatheter aortic valve procedures: technology update
18. Technology advancement for percutaneous interventions for mitral regurgitation
19. Transcatheter mitral valve replacement: technology update
20. Novel developments in tricuspid valve assessment and treatments
21. Innovative surgical techniques for complex aortic repair
22. Innovative technologies for hybrid cardiovascular repair
23. Intraoperative cardiac deairing: new concept and technology

Part V: Treatment of cardiac rhythm disturbances
24. Cutting-edge technologies for cardiac rhythm treatment: recent progress of catheter ablation using radiofrequency current and pulsed electric field
25. Modern technologies for cardiac resynchronization therapy
26. Innovative approaches and technology platforms for pacemaker lead extraction
27. Surgical devices for cardiac radio-frequency ablation
28. Novel devices for epicardial left atrial appendage management
29. Technology for surgical cardiac cryoablation procedures

Part VI: Hemodynamic patient monitoring
30. Basic hemodynamic parameters
31. Wearable technologies for cardiac monitoring
32. Intelligent systems and smart devices for the continuous monitoring of cardiac hemodynamics
33. Microcirculation and tissue perfusion assessments for complex cardiovascular disease care
34. Technologies for hemodynamic measurements: past, present and future

Part VII: Future directions of cardiovascular technology
35. Cardiovascular device markets: where do we go now?
36. Innovation in cardiovascular bioelectronics
37. Diagnostics and prevention: landscape for technology innovation in precision cardiovascular medicine
38. Devices that enhance the biomechanics of the failing heart

Edited by Jamshid Karimov, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA; Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Director, Cardiovascular Dynamics Lab and Section Head, Biomechanical Devices, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cleveland Clinic; Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA and Marc Gillinov, Chair, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA