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[Methods and modern apparatus for assisted circulation. The basic trends in their development].

Abstract

A systematization of methods for assisted circulation, based on the formulation of a concrete procedure, the nature of the deranged or lost function substitution and conditions for effective realization of such a substitution, is offered. This made it possible to classify the equipment for assisted circulation and to analyze the current trends of its further development. The most characteristic automation levels of the equipment under consideration and of generations of some apparatus, differing in the degree of automation, control and monitoring the process of assisted circulation, are presented in the form of tables and pictures.

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B S Bobrov, N A Super, Iu P Zolkin, V I Prilutskiĭ, M A Belikovskiĭ. [Methods and modern apparatus for assisted circulation. The basic trends in their development].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1027972/

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