From the moment of creation to the moment of death, the heart works tirelessly to circulate
blood, being a critical organ to sustain life. As a non-stopping pumping machine, it operates …

Rotary blood pumps have the potential to become a viable long-term treatment option for the
heart failure patients to bridge to transplantation or destination therapy. However, these …

Turbodynamic left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) provide a continuous flow depending
on the speed at which the pump is set, and do not adapt to the changing requirements of the …

Lumped parameter models have been employed for decades to simulate important
hemodynamic couplings between a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and the native …

Ventricular suction occurs when a turbodynamic ventricular assist device (VAD) tries to
pump more blood from the ventricle than is available. Suction causes a stagnation of the …

In recent years, extensive studies have been conducted in the area of pumping state
detection for implantable rotary blood pumps. However, limited studies have focused on …

Monitoring of the interaction between the circulatory system and the pump is essential for
postoperative and ambulatory care of VAD patients. VAD monitoring gives important …

Natürliche Kontrollmechanismen bilden die Grundlage z. B. für die Aufrechterhaltung der
Homöostase. Durch den Alterungsprozess, Krankheiten oder Unfälle kann ihre …

Abstract In this Editor's Review, articles published in 2011 are organized by category and
briefly summarized. As the official journal of The International Federation for Artificial …

The heart constitutes a vital organ of the human body, as it pumps blood through the vessels
of the circulatory system to provide oxygen, nutrients and support the metabolism process …