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The International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist Devices
has been held three times, first in 1985, then in 1987 and 1990. It
is my great pleasure to present Artificial Heart 3 (Proceedings of
the 3rd International Symposium on Artificial Heart and Assist
Devices). The third symposium was held in Tokyo on February 16 and
17, 1990. Our original intention was to invite all the principal
investigators from the major artificial heart research laboratories
in the world, in the first three symposia. The numbers of
investigators in the fields of the artificial heart, ventricular
assist systems, and biomaterials, invited for the symposia,
totalled 7 in 1985, 8 in 1987, and 13 in 1990. The program of the
third symposium consisted of 41 papers; 13 invited lectures, 8
papers contributed upon request, with 2 from the United States, and
20 regular selected papers including 2 from the United States, ana
1 each from Australia, Germany, and South Korea. During the last
three years, the state of clinical application of artificial hearts
and assist devices has changed. In the case of pneumatically driven
blood pumps, we have now stepped into the age of practical use in
patients. Accordingly, in this symposium we gave a special emphasis
to topics of clinical application, particularly the use of an
artificial heart as a bridge to heart transplantation. Sessions on
implantable artificial hearts, biomaterials for the artificial
heart, and heart transplantation were also included.
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