Editing Impeller (section)

== In medicine ==
Impellers are an integral part of [[axial-flow pump]]s, used in [[ventricular assist devices]] to augment or fully replace cardiac function.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Miller|first1=LW|last2=Pagani|first2=FD|year= 2007|title=Use of a continuous-flow device in patients awaiting heart transplantation|journal=N Engl J Med|volume= 357|issue=9|pages=885–96|doi=10.1056/nejmoa067758|pmid=17761592|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal
| pmid = 11531711
| year = 2001
| last1 = Chou
| first1 = N. K.
| title = Physiologic analysis of cardiac cycle in an implantable impeller centrifugal left ventricular assist device
| journal = Artificial Organs
| volume = 25
| issue = 8
| pages = 613–6
| last2 = Wang
| first2 = S. S.
| last3 = Chu
| first3 = S. H.
| last4 = Chen
| first4 = Y. S.
| last5 = Lin
| first5 = Y. H.
| last6 = Chang
| first6 = C. J.
| last7 = Shyu
| first7 = J. J.
| last8 = Jan
| first8 = G. J.
 | doi=10.1046/j.1525-1594.2001.025008613.x
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