Cardiovascular disease is growing epidemically worldwide, multiplying the impact of
increasingly aging populations on intensive care unit (ICU) demand. It is the leading cause …

Arterial simulators are a useful tool to simulate the cardiovascular system in many different
fields of application and to carry out in vitro tests that would constitute a danger when …

In vitro study plays an important role in the experimental study of cardiovascular dynamics.
An essential hardware facility that mimics the blood flow changes and provides the required …

Continuous innovation in medical technologies is important to address the complexities of
cardiovascular diseases. This research aimed to design and experimentally validate an …

Although prosthetic heart valves have saved many lives, the search for a living substitute
continues with the aid of tissue engineering. Much progress has been made so far, but the …

One of the most important human diseases that need to be considered in terms of
development of the medical engineering devices is cardiovascular disease which is a …

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death globally, and many valve
diseases contribute to this statistic. Heart valve prostheses have rapidly evolved for both …

Most devices used for bench simulation of the cardiovascular system are based either on a
syringe-like alternating pump or an elastic chamber inside a fluid-filled rigid box. In these …

Introduction The advanced design techniques used in modern prosthetic heart valve (PHV)
development require accurate replication of the entire cardiac cycle. While cardiac pulse …

Ongoing innovations in mechanical devices to improve the heart's performance (eg left
ventricular assist devices, LVAD) require numerical simulations and a bench validation …