Aims and Scope
Artificial Organs is the official peer reviewed journal of the International Federation for Artificial Organs, the International Faculty for Artificial Organs, and the International Society for Rotary Blood Pumps. Artificial Organs publishes original research articles dealing with research, developments, and clinical applications of artificial organs including organ replacement, recovery, and regeneration. Membership in the organizations listed above is not a prerequisite for publication. Articles are published without charge to the author except in certain circumstances such as color figures.

In print since 1977, Artificial Organs continues to publish original articles featuring studies of design, performance, and clinical evaluation of organ systems for the international medical, scientific, and engineering communities involved in the research, development, and clinical application of artificial organ technologies. Artificial Organs invites communications on topics of organ Replacement, Recovery and Regeneration, including articles related to:
Artificial and Bioartificial Organs and Systems
Heart and Circulatory Assist Devices, Kidney and Dialysis, Liver, Lung and Gas Exchange, Pancreas, Blood Substitutes, Skin, Sensory Organs, Orthopedics
Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Cell and Gene Therapy
Extracorporeal Technologies, Apheresis, Blood Purification, Hemodynamics
Biomaterials and Surface Modifications, Biosensors
Neuroprostheses, Bioelectronics, Electrostimulation
Immunomodulation, Immunoisolation
Fluid Dynamics, Modeling and Simulation

Editorial Board
Emeritus Editors-in-Chief
Willem J. Kolff, MD, PhD, United States (1977-1982)
Yukihiko Nosé, MD, PhD, United States (1983-1999)
Editor-in-Chief
Paul S. Malchesky, DEng, United States
Co-Editors 
Aron Andrade, PhD, Brazil, Co-Editor, Central & South America
Sunny Eloot, PhD, Belgium, Co-Editor, Europe ESAO Representative
Ashraf W.Khir, PhD, United Kingdom, Co-Editor, Central & South America
Horst Klinkmann, MD, PhD, Germany, Co-Editor, INFA
Lanjuan Li, MD, PhD, China, Co-Editor, Eastern Asia
Winfried Mayr, PhD, Austria, Co-Editor, Functional Electrical Stimulation
Yoshinori Mitamura, PhD, Japan, Co-Editor, Pan Pacific, JSAO Representative
Tofy Mussivand, DEng, PhD, Canada, Co-Editor, North America
Steven J. Phillips, MD, United States, Co-Editor, North America, ASAIO Representative
Geoff Tansley, PhD, Australia, Co-Editor, ISMCS
Vahktang Tchantchaleishvili, MD, United States, Co-Editor, Adult Circulatory Support 
Takuya Ueno, MD, PhD, United States, Co-Editor, Transplantation
Akif Ündar, MD, PhD, United States, Co-Editor, Pediatric Mechanical Support
Jörg Vienken, PhD, Germany, Co-Editor, IFAO

Angela T. Hadsell, BA, United States, Executive Editor
Carol H. Malchesky, United States, Editorial Associate

Editorial Board
J. Antaki, PhD, United States
S. Ash, MD, United States
R. Bambauer, MD, Germany
D. Bluestein, PhD, United States
J. Buturovic-Ponikvar, MD, PhD, Slovenia
L. Caneo, MD, PhD, Brazil
G. Catapano, PhD, Italy
A. Di Molfetta, PhD, Italy
P. Dobšák, MD, PhD, Czech Republic
G. Erdoes, MD, PhD, Switzerland
P. Foltynski, PhD, Poland
K. Fukamachi, MD, PhD, United States
N. Hoenich, PhD, UK
T. Horiuchi, PhD, Japan
K. Imachi, PhD, Japan
A. Kawaguchi, MD, PhD, Japan
G. La Manna, MD, PhD, Italy
S.P. Law, MD, United States
A. Loforte, MD, PhD, Italy
G. B. Luciani, MD, Italy
G. Matte, CCP, United States 
H. Mirzadeh, PhD, Iran
F. Moscato, PhD, Austria
T. Motomura, MD, United States
V. Piemonte, PhD, Italy
J. Rozga, MD, PhD, Poland
H. Schima, PhD, Austria
J. Simoni, PhD, United States
M. Slepian, PhD, United States
B. G. Stegmayr, MD, PhD, Sweden
U. Steinsifer, PhD, Germany
B. Stiller, MD, PhD, Germany
Y. Taenaka, MD, PhD, Japan
S. Takatani, MD, PhD, Japan
T. Takato, PhD, Japan
A. Throckmorton, PhD, United States
A. Treviño-Becerra, MD, Mexico
B. Utiyama, PhD, Brazil
V. Weber, PhD, Austria
J.D. Zahn, PhD, United States

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