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 …

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 …

Mechanical circulatory support is evolved substantially since its inception in the late 1960s
and in 2001 it was demonstrated a 48% reduction in the risk of death in patient group treated …

Patients with end-stage congestive heart failure awaiting heart transplantation often wait
long periods of time (300 days or more on the average) before a suitable donor heart …

A numeric model consisting of a lump-parameter cardiovascular system (CVS) model and a
model for the Cleveland Clinic Implantable Ventricular Assist System (IVAS), a nonpulsatile …

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 …

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 …

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 simulations provide a unique approach for investigating the impact of left
ventricular assist devices (LVADs) on the pump function of the heart. To this end, the …

A ventricular assist device (VAD) is used to take over the pumping function of the heart,
either partially or completely, allowing the damaged heart to ''rest''and possibly recover …