Prolonging the Useful Lifetime of Artificial Lungs

Over 26 million Americans suffer from pulmonary disease, resulting in more than 150,000 deaths annually. Lung transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for many patients, but has meager survival rates and only approximately 1,700 of the 2,200 patients added to the lung transplant wait li...

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Main Author: Demarest, Caitlin T.
Format: Others
Published: Research Showcase @ CMU 2017
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Online Access:http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/870
http://repository.cmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1909&context=dissertations