Thrombus formation patterns in the HeartMate II ventricular assist device: Clinical observations can be predicted by numerical simulations

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-240

  Chiu, Wei Che ^a   Slepian, Marvin J ^a,b   Bluestein, Danny ^a  

^a St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; HeartMate II; Thrombosis; VAD

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DISEASES;

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; HEARTMATE II; POTENTIAL CAPABILITY; RECIRCULATION ZONES; THROMBOSIS; VAD; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTINUOUS FLOW LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84896387805     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000034     Document Type: Article

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