Heart failure is a major health risk, and with limited availability of donor organs, there is an
increasing need for developing cardiac assist devices (CADs). Mock circulatory loops (MCL) …

Abstract Introduction Mock circulatory loops (MCLs) are mechanical representations of the
cardiovascular system largely used to test the hemodynamic performance of cardiovascular …

Goal: This work presents the development of a Hybrid Mock Circulatory Loop (HMCL) to
simulate hemodynamics at patient-specific level in terms of both 3D geometry and …

Background: 3D printing represents an emerging technology in the field of cardiovascular
medicine. 3D printing can help to perform a better analysis of complex anatomies to optimize …

OBJECTIVES Owing to the lack of suitable allografts, the demand for long-term mechanical
circulatory support in patients with biventricular end-stage heart failure is rising. Currently …

A mock circulation allows the in vitro investigation, development, and testing of ventricular
assist devices. An aqueous‐glycerol solution is commonly used to mimic the viscosity of …

Mock circulatory loops (MCLs) are usually developed for assessment of ventricular assist
devices and consist of abstracted anatomical structures represented by connecting tubing …

Hybrid cardiovascular mock circuits (HMC), designed for dynamic testing of Ventricular
Assist Devices (VAD), offer physiologic accuracy by sequestering model complexity in silico …

The technology of ventricular assist devices has shown unprecedented evolution over the
last decade. Despite of it, there is still a great need of developing pediatric specific devices …

A mock heart circulation loop (MHCL) is a hydraulic model simulating the human circulatory
system. It allows in vitro investigations of the interaction between cardiac assist devices and …