A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a pump surgically connected to the heart and aorta in
order to boost systemic blood flow in heart failure patients. The design of these devices has …

Millions of patients, from infants to adults, are diagnosed with congestive heart failure each
year all over the world. A limited number of donor hearts available for these patients results …

Progress in the field of prosthetic cardiovascular devices has significantly contributed to the
rapid advancements in cardiac therapy during the last four decades. The concept of …

An extended computational model of the circulatory system has been developed to predict
blood flow in the presence of ventricular assist devices (VADs). A novel VAD, placed in the …

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) basically are blood pumps that are used routinely in
clinical practice for the support of end-stage heart failure patients. They are mostly used until …

Numerical simulations combining solid and fluid models and fluid-structure interaction
effects were performed for a diaphragm-type ventricular assist device (VAD). These …

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are used to assist the heart function of patients with
advanced heart failure. Computational fluid dynamics in VADs are widely applied in the …

NUMERICAL DESIGN IMPROVEMENT AND EXPERIMENTAL TESTING OF A SMALL VAD —
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This work extends previous open-loop simulations of an idealized, diaphragm-type
ventricular assist device by coupling it in a closed loop to a three-dimensional model of the …

We report the first attempt to study with numerical methods ventricular assist device (VAD)
models and the effects of various inlet VAD cannulations, coupling physical explanations …