The Invention of the Artificial Heart

Akutsu T , Kolff WJ . Permanent substitute for valves and hearts. Trans Amer Soc Artif Int Organs 1958; IV: 230.

Akutsu T , Dreyer B , Kolff WJ . Polyurethane artificial heart valves in animals. J Applied Physiology 1959; 14 (6): 1045.

Akutsu T , Mirkovitch V , Topaz SR , Kolff WJ . Silastic sac type of artificial heart and its use in calves. Trans Amer Soc Artif Int Organs 1963; IX: 281.

Houston CS , Akutsu T , Kolff WJ . Pendulum type heart within the chest: preliminary report. Amer Heart J 1960; 59 (5): 723.

Jarvik R , Voider J , Olsen D , Moulopoulos S , Kolff WJ . Venous return of an artificial heart designed to prevent right heart syndrome. Annals Biomed Eng 1974; 2: 335.

Kwan-Gett C , Zwart HHJ , Kralios AC , Kessler T , Back-man K , Kolff WJ . A prosthetic heart with hemispherical ventricles designed for low hemolytic action. Trans Amer Soc Artif Int Organs 1970; XVI: 409.

Kolff WJ . Artificial organs - Forty years and beyond. Trans Amer Soc Artif Int Organs 1983; 29: 6.

Smith L , Sandquist G , Olsen DB , Arnett G , Gentry S , Kolff WJ . Power requirements for the AEC artificial heart. Trans Amer Soc Artif Int Organs 1975; 21: 540.

Akutsu T , Houston CS , Kolff WJ . Roller type of artificial heart within the chest: Preliminary report. Amer Heart J, 1960; 59 (5): 731.

Verbiski N , Beckett F , Jerabek O , Kolff WJ . Pulsatile flow blood pump based on the principle of the Wankel engine. J Thoracic and CV Surgery, 1969; 57 (5): 753.

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Kolff WJ . Experiences and practical considerations for the future of artificial hearts and of mankind. The Tenth Hastings Lecture. Artificial Organs, 1988; 12 (1): 89.

Wurzel D , Kolff J , Missfeldt W , Wildevuur W , Hansen G. Development of the Philadelphia heart system. Artificial Organs, 1988: 12 (5): 410.

Kolff WJ , Yu LS . The return of elastomer valves. Annals of Thoracic Surgery (in Press).

Kolff WJ . Development of Device and Experimental Background. In: Cooper DKC , Novitzky D , eds. The Transplantation and Replacement of Thoracic Organs. Kluwer Academic Publishers (in Press).