1. Journal of Artificial Organs 2017: the year in review

   • Y. Sawa
   • G. Matsumiya
   • T. Yamaoka

   Review 09 February 2018 Pages: 1 - 7

2. Pitfalls of cannulation for extracorporeal life support: review of the literature and illustrative case presentation

   • Martin Geyer
   • Bernhard Gohrbandt
   • Thomas Münzel

   Review 09 November 2017 Pages: 8 - 16

   

3. Artificial sensory organs: latest progress

   • Tatsuo Nakamura
   • Yuji Inada
   • Keiji Shigeno

   Review 21 September 2017 Pages: 17 - 22

   

4. Novel temporary left ventricular assist system with hydrodynamically levitated bearing pump for bridge to decision: initial preclinical assessment in a goat model

   • Satoru Kishimoto
   • Yoshiaki Takewa
   • Eisuke Tatsumi

   Original Article 12 September 2017 Pages: 23 - 30

   

5. Outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure and small body size undergoing continuous-flow left ventricular assist device implantation

   • Nastasya Volkovicher
   • Chitaru Kurihara
   • Jeffrey A. Morgan

   Original Article 20 September 2017 Pages: 31 - 38

   

6. Role of percutaneous veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as bridge to left ventricular assist device

   • Koichi Toda
   • Tomoyuki Fujita
   • Takeshi Nakatani

   Original Article 04 September 2017 Pages: 39 - 45

   

7. Delayed sternal closure does not reduce complications associated with coagulopathy and right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation

   • Roh Yanagida
   • Navin Rajagopalan
   • Charles W. Hoopes

   Original Article Open access 25 September 2017 Pages: 46 - 51

8. Left ventricle assist devices and driveline’s infection incidence: a single-centre experience

   • Jonida Bejko
   • Francesca Toto
   • Tomaso Bottio

   Original Article 07 October 2017 Pages: 52 - 60

   

9. Bilirubin in the early course of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for refractory ARDS

   • Chiara Lazzeri
   • Manuela Bonizzoli
   • Adriano Peris

   Original Article 18 August 2017 Pages: 61 - 67

   

10. In-vitro evaluation of limitations and possibilities for the future use of intracorporeal gas exchangers placed in the upper lobe position

    • Erin Schumer
    • Klaus Höffler
    • Bettina Wiegmann

    Original Article 06 September 2017 Pages: 68 - 75

    

11. Implementing a practice change: early initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy during neonatal extracorporeal life support standardizes care and improves short-term outcomes

    • Heidi J. Murphy
    • John B. Cahill
    • James R. Kiger

    Original Article 30 October 2017 Pages: 76 - 85

    

12. Differences in tissue oxygenation and changes in total hemoglobin signal strength in the brain, liver, and lower-limb muscle during hemodialysis

    • Susumu Ookawara
    • Kiyonori Ito
    • Yoshiyuki Morishita

    Original Article 07 August 2017 Pages: 86 - 93

    

13. Prognostic factors for mortality in middle-aged and older hemodialysis patients: a 5-year observational study

    • Kojiro Nagai
    • Motokazu Matsuura
    • Jun Minakuchi

    Original Article 16 September 2017 Pages: 94 - 101

14. Morphologic characteristics of macroscopic peritoneal finding in patients with peritoneal dialysis

    • Chieko Hamada
    • Hirotaka Nakamoto
    • Yusuke Suzuki

    Original Article 07 October 2017 Pages: 102 - 109

    

15. A comparison among three different apheretic techniques for treatment of hyperbilirubinemia

    • Davide Viggiano
    • Emanuela de Pascale
    • Corrado Pluvio

    Original Article 08 September 2017 Pages: 110 - 116

16. Long-term results of Birmingham hip resurfacing arthroplasty in Asian patients

    • Keisuke Uemura
    • Masaki Takao
    • Nobuhiko Sugano

    Original Article 30 August 2017 Pages: 117 - 123