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Baturalp TB, Bozkurt S. Design and Analysis of a Polymeric Left Ventricular Simulator via Computational Modelling. Biomimetics (Basel) 2024; 9:269. [PMID: 38786479 PMCID: PMC11117906 DOI: 10.3390/biomimetics9050269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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Preclinical testing of medical devices is an essential step in the product life cycle, whereas testing of cardiovascular implants requires specialised testbeds or numerical simulations using computer software Ansys 2016. Existing test setups used to evaluate physiological scenarios and test cardiac implants such as mock circulatory systems or isolated beating heart platforms are driven by sophisticated hardware which comes at a high cost or raises ethical concerns. On the other hand, computational methods used to simulate blood flow in the cardiovascular system may be simplified or computationally expensive. Therefore, there is a need for low-cost, relatively simple and efficient test beds that can provide realistic conditions to simulate physiological scenarios and evaluate cardiovascular devices. In this study, the concept design of a novel left ventricular simulator made of latex rubber and actuated by pneumatic artificial muscles is presented. The designed left ventricular simulator is geometrically similar to a native left ventricle, whereas the basal diameter and long axis length are within an anatomical range. Finite element simulations evaluating left ventricular twisting and shortening predicted that the designed left ventricular simulator rotates approximately 17 degrees at the apex and the long axis shortens around 11 mm. Experimental results showed that the twist angle is 18 degrees and the left ventricular simulator shortens 5 mm. Twist angles and long axis shortening as in a native left ventricle show it is capable of functioning like a native left ventricle and simulating a variety of scenarios, and therefore has the potential to be used as a test platform.
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- Turgut Batuhan Baturalp
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41021, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- School of Engineering, Ulster University, York Street, Belfast BT15 1AP, UK
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Xu KW, Gao Q, Wan M, Zhang K. Mock circulatory loop applications for testing cardiovascular assist devices and in vitro studies. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1175919. [PMID: 37123281 PMCID: PMC10133581 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1175919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023] Open
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The mock circulatory loop (MCL) is an in vitro experimental system that can provide continuous pulsatile flows and simulate different physiological or pathological parameters of the human circulation system. It is of great significance for testing cardiovascular assist device (CAD), which is a type of clinical instrument used to treat cardiovascular disease and alleviate the dilemma of insufficient donor hearts. The MCL installed with different types of CADs can simulate specific conditions of clinical surgery for evaluating the effectiveness and reliability of those CADs under the repeated performance tests and reliability tests. Also, patient-specific cardiovascular models can be employed in the circulation of MCL for targeted pathological study associated with hemodynamics. Therefore, The MCL system has various combinations of different functional units according to its richful applications, which are comprehensively reviewed in the current work. Four types of CADs including prosthetic heart valve (PHV), ventricular assist device (VAD), total artificial heart (TAH) and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) applied in MCL experiments are documented and compared in detail. Moreover, MCLs with more complicated structures for achieving advanced functions are further introduced, such as MCL for the pediatric application, MCL with anatomical phantoms and MCL synchronizing multiple circulation systems. By reviewing the constructions and functions of available MCLs, the features of MCLs for different applications are summarized, and directions of developing the MCLs are suggested.
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- Ke-Wei Xu
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- *Correspondence: Qi Gao,
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- Shandong Institute of Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Packaging Inspection, Jinan, China
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- Shandong Institute of Medical Device and Pharmaceutical Packaging Inspection, Jinan, China
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(Physiology of Continuous-flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy. Translation of the document prepared by the Czech Society of Cardiology). COR ET VASA 2022. [DOI: 10.33678/cor.2022.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Torres DS, Mazzetto M, Cestari IA. A novel automated simulator of pediatric systemic circulation: Design and applications. Biomed Signal Process Control 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2021.102926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Designing an Active Valvulated Outflow Conduit for a Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device to Increase Pulsatility: A Simulation Study. ASAIO J 2021; 67:529-535. [PMID: 33902101 DOI: 10.1097/mat.0000000000001255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The purpose of this work was to investigate, using a lumped parameter model, the feasibility of increasing the pulsatility of a continuous-flow ventricular assist device (VAD) by implanting an active valvulated outflow cannula. A lumped parameter model was adopted for this study. VAD was modeled, starting from its pressure-flow characteristics. The valvulated outflow conduit was modeled as an active resistance described by a square function. Starting from pathologic condition, the following simulations were performed: VAD, VAD and valvulated outflow conduit in copulsation and counterpulsation with different ratios between the VAD valve opening rate and the heart rate, and asynchrony work with the heart with different VAD valve opening intervals. The copulsation 1:1 configuration and the asynchrony 0.3s-close-0.7s-open configurations permit to maximize the hemodynamic benefits provided by the presence of the active VAD outflow valvulated conduit providing an increase of arterial pulsatility from 1.86% to 14.98% without the presence of left ventricular output. The presence of the active VAD valve in the outflow conduit causes a decrement of the left ventricular unloading and of VAD flow and, that can be counteracted by increasing the VAD speed without affecting arterial pulsatility. The valvulated outflow tube provides an increase in arterial pulsatility; it can be driven in different working modality and can be potentially applicable to all types of VADs. However, the valvulated outflow conduit causes a decrement of left ventricular unloading and of the VAD flow that can be counteracted, increasing the VAD speed.
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Di Molfetta A, Cusimano V, Ferrari G. Increasing the pulsatility of continuos flow VAD: comparison between a valvulated outflow cannula and speed modulation by simulation. J Artif Organs 2021; 24:146-156. [PMID: 33512579 DOI: 10.1007/s10047-020-01235-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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To investigate by a lumped parameter model the feasibility of increasing the pulsatility of a continuous flow VAD, implanting an active valvulated outflow cannula and to compare the results with the haemodynamic outcome given by speed modulation methods. The concomitant presence of speed modulation and the active valvulated outflow conduit is also simulated. A lumped parameter model was adopted. VAD was modeled starting from its pressure flow characteristics with a second order polynomial equation. The valvulated outflow conduit was modeled as an active resistance described by a square function. Starting from pathological condition we simulated: VAD; VAD and valvulated outflow conduit in copulsation, counterpulsation and asynchrony work with the heart; VAD and active valvulated outflow tube and speed modulation. Copulsation 1:1 and asynchrony 0.3 s valve close-0.7 s valve open configurations maximised the haemodynamic benefits with the highest increment in pulsatility. The valvulated outflow conduit causes a decrement of the left ventricular unloading and of VAD flow that can be counteracted by increasing the VAD speed without affecting pulsatility. The concomitant use of the speed modulation and the active valvulated outflow conduit can further increase the pulsatility without altering left ventricular unloading and VAD flow. The valvulated outflow tube provide similar increase in pulsatility to speed modulation method but causes a decrement of left ventricular unloading and VAD flow that can be counteracted increasing the VAD speed or allowing a partial support. A valvulated outflow tube can be potentially applied to all continuous flow VADs.
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- Arianna Di Molfetta
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Policlinico Gemelli Hospital, Largo Agostino Gemelli, 8, 00100, Rome, Italy.
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- CNR-IASI BioMatLab, Italian National Research Council, Institute of Analysis, Systems and Computer Science, Biomathematics Laboratory, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineer, Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw, Poland
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Liu H, Liu S, Ma X. Varying speed modulation of continuous-flow left ventricular assist device based on cardiovascular coupling numerical model. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2020; 24:956-972. [PMID: 33347766 DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1861601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (CFLVADs) routinely operate at a constant speed for the support of a failing heart, which decreases the pulsatility in the arteries. Some late complications could be related to a long-term lack of pulsatility. Modulating the CFLVAD speed is a solution to enhance the pulsatility. The purpose of this study is to modulate multiple varying speed patterns and investigate their effects on the ventricle and vascular system. A cardiovascular coupling numerical model is developed to provide a simulation platform for testing the varying speed patterns. The varying speed patterns are modulated by combining the shape, amplitude, frequency, phase shift, and pulsatile duty cycle of the speed profile. The influence of varying speed support is examined by analyzing the indexes of pulsatility, indexes of ventricular unloading, and hemodynamic variables. The results show that the synchronous counterpulsation pattern can effectively reduce the ventricular unloading indexes, whereas the low-frequency asynchronous pattern can effectively increase the vascular pulsatility indexes. Also, the hemodynamics with synchronous varying speed support is more physiological than that with asynchronous varying speed support. This study provides valuable insight for further optimization of varying speed modulation by weighing vascular pulsatility, ventricular unloading, and hemodynamics.
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- Hongtao Liu
- School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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- School of Electrical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, PR China
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Ogawa D, Kobayashi S, Yamazaki K, Motomura T, Nishimura T, Shimamura J, Tsukiya T, Mizuno T, Takewa Y, Tatsumi E, Nishinaka T. Evaluation of cardiac beat synchronization control for a rotary blood pump on valvular regurgitation with a mathematical model. Artif Organs 2020; 45:124-134. [PMID: 32813920 DOI: 10.1111/aor.13795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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We have studied the cardiac beat synchronization (CBS) control for a rotary blood pump (RBP) and revealed that it can promote pulsatility and reduce cardiac load. Besides, patients with LVAD support sometimes suffer from aortic and mitral regurgitation (AR and MR). A control method for the RBP should be validated in wider range of conditions to clarify its benefits and pitfalls prior to clinical application. In this study, we evaluated pulsatility and cardiac load reduction obtained with the CBS control on valvular failure conditions with a mathematical model. Diastolic assist could reduce cardiac load on the left ventricle by decreasing external work of the ventricle even in MR cases while it was not so effective in AR cases. Systolic assist can still promote pulsatility in AR and MR cases; however, aortic valve function should be carefully confirmed since pulse pressure can be wider not due to systolic assist but to AR.
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- Daisuke Ogawa
- Sun Medical Technology Research Corp., Nagano, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Graduate school of Medicine, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan
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- Department of Artificial Organs, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Artificial Organs, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Artificial Organs, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Advanced Medical Engineering Research Center, Asahikawa Medical University, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Artificial Organs, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Artificial Organs, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Cordeiro TD, Sousa DL, Cestari IA, Lima AM. A physiological control system for ECG-synchronized pulsatile pediatric ventricular assist devices. Biomed Signal Process Control 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2019.101752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Itkin GP, Bychnev AS, Kuleshov AP, Drobyshev AA. Haemodynamic evaluation of the new pulsatile-flow generation method in vitro. Int J Artif Organs 2019; 43:157-164. [PMID: 31603372 DOI: 10.1177/0391398819879939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Continuous-flow ventricular-assist devices are widely used to support patients with advanced heart failure, because continuous-flow ventricular-assist devices are more durable, have smaller sizes and have better survival rates for patients compared to the pulsatile-flow ventricular-assist devices. Nevertheless, continuous-flow ventricular-assist devices often cause complications such as gastrointestinal bleeding, haemorrhagic stroke, and aortic insufficiency and have a negative impact on the microcirculation for both long-time implantable and short-time extracorporeal systems. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the pulsatile-flow generation method in continuous-flow ventricular-assist device without pump speed changes. The method may be used for short-time extracorporeal continuous-flow mechanical circulatory support and long-time implantable mechanical circulatory support. A shunt with a controlled adjustable valve, that clamps periodically, is connected in parallel to the continuous-flow ventricular-assist device. We compared the continuous-flow ventricular-assist device operating with and without the shunt on the mock circulation loop. The continuous-flow ventricular-assist device-shunt system was connected according to the left ventricle-aorta circuit and worked in phase with the ventricle. Heart failure was simulated on the mock circulation circuit. Rotaflow (Maquet Inc.) was used as the continuous-flow pump. Haemolysis studies of the system for generating a pulse flow were carried out at a flow rate of 5 L/min and a pressure drop of 100 mm Hg. To compare the haemodynamic efficiency, we used the aortic pulsation index Ip, the equivalent energy pressure and the surplus haemodynamic energy. These indexes were higher in the pulsatile mode (Ip - 4 times, equivalent energy pressure by 7.36% and surplus haemodynamic energy - 10 times), while haemolysis was the same. The normalised index of haemolysis was 0.0015 ± 0.001. The results demonstrate the efficiency of the pulsatile-flow generation method for continuous-flow ventricular-assist devices without impeller rotation rate changes.
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- George P Itkin
- Laboratory of Biotechnical Systems, Federal State Budgetary Institution 'Academician V.I. Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs', Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Biotechnical Systems, Federal State Budgetary Institution 'Academician V.I. Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs', Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Biotechnical Systems, Federal State Budgetary Institution 'Academician V.I. Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs', Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Biotechnical Systems, Federal State Budgetary Institution 'Academician V.I. Shumakov Federal Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs', Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
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Ogawa D, Kobayashi S, Yamazaki K, Motomura T, Nishimura T, Shimamura J, Tsukiya T, Mizuno T, Takewa Y, Tatsumi E. Mathematical evaluation of cardiac beat synchronization control used for a rotary blood pump. J Artif Organs 2019; 22:276-285. [DOI: 10.1007/s10047-019-01117-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bozkurt S. Effect of Cerebral Flow Autoregulation Function on Cerebral Flow Rate Under Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Support. Artif Organs 2018; 42:800-813. [DOI: 10.1111/aor.13148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2017] [Revised: 01/13/2018] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Selim Bozkurt
- University College London - Institute of Cardiovascular Science; London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Abdelghani M, Miyazaki Y, de Boer E, Aben JP, van Sloun M, Suchecki T, van 't Veer M, Soliman O, Onuma Y, de Winter R, Tonino P, van de Vosse F, Rutten M, Serruys P. Videodensitometric quantification of paravalvular regurgitation of a transcatheter aortic valve: in vitro validation. EUROINTERVENTION 2018; 13:1527-1535. [DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-17-00595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bozkurt S, van Tuijl S, van de Vosse FN, Rutten MCM. Arterial pulsatility under phasic left ventricular assist device support. Biomed Mater Eng 2016; 27:451-460. [PMID: 27885993 DOI: 10.3233/bme-161599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The aim of this study is to understand whether the phasic Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device (CF-LVAD) support would increase the arterial pulsatility. A Micromed DeBakey CF-LVAD was used to apply phasic support in an ex-vivo experimental platform. CF-LVAD was operated over a cardiac cycle by phase-shifting the pulsatile pump control with respect to the heart cycle, in 0.05 s increments in each experiment. The pump flow rate was selected as the control variable and a reference model was used to operate the CF-LVAD at a pulsatile speed. Arterial pulse pressure was the highest (9 mmHg) when the peak pump flow is applied at the peak systole under varying speed CF-LVAD support over a cardiac cycle while it was the lowest (2 mmHg) when the peak pump flow was applied in the diastolic phase. The mean arterial pressure and mean CF-LVAD output were the same in each experiment while arterial pulse pressure and pulsatility index varied depending on the phase of reference pump flow rate signal. CF-LVAD speed should be synchronized considering the timing of peak systole over a cardiac cycle to increase the arterial pulsatility. Moreover, it is possible to decrease the arterial pulsatility under counter-pulsating CF-LVAD support.
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- Selim Bozkurt
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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