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Hauptverfasser: Schuster, Maximilian R., Dirkes, Nico, Key, Fabian, Elgeti, Stefanie, Behr, Marek
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2023
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07443
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author Schuster, Maximilian R.
Dirkes, Nico
Key, Fabian
Elgeti, Stefanie
Behr, Marek
author_facet Schuster, Maximilian R.
Dirkes, Nico
Key, Fabian
Elgeti, Stefanie
Behr, Marek
contents Medical therapy for patients with severe heart disease often relies on left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). It is an ongoing topic of research how complications like stagnation and thrombosis can be prevented by using artificial pulsatility. We study a parametric pulse profile and its effect on the left ventricular washout using a computational flow model. Based on finite element simulations, we construct reduced-order models to reduce the computational costs for evaluating the parametrized problem. We observe that a pulsatile flow rate improves the washout compared to a constant flow rate. In particular, we find that short, intense pulses wash out the left ventricle best, whereas the time between subsequent pulses plays no significant role.
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spellingShingle Exploring the Influence of Parametrized Pulsatility on Left Ventricular Washout under LVAD Support: A Computational Study Using Reduced-Order Models
Schuster, Maximilian R.
Dirkes, Nico
Key, Fabian
Elgeti, Stefanie
Behr, Marek
Fluid Dynamics
Medical therapy for patients with severe heart disease often relies on left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). It is an ongoing topic of research how complications like stagnation and thrombosis can be prevented by using artificial pulsatility. We study a parametric pulse profile and its effect on the left ventricular washout using a computational flow model. Based on finite element simulations, we construct reduced-order models to reduce the computational costs for evaluating the parametrized problem. We observe that a pulsatile flow rate improves the washout compared to a constant flow rate. In particular, we find that short, intense pulses wash out the left ventricle best, whereas the time between subsequent pulses plays no significant role.
title Exploring the Influence of Parametrized Pulsatility on Left Ventricular Washout under LVAD Support: A Computational Study Using Reduced-Order Models
topic Fluid Dynamics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.07443