ArticleArtificial organs2020
Circulatory loop design and components introduce artifacts impacting in vitro evaluation of ventricular assist device thrombogenicity: A call for caution.
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- A Systematic Review of Modeling Platforms for Atrioventricular Valves in Atrioventricular Septal Defects.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2026Pooled it
- Hemocompatibility of Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: An Integrated Review of Platelet Function Assessment in In-Vitro Blood Experiments.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Review
- Protruding Objects in the Membrane Lung Outlet May Increase Thrombogenicity: Fluid Dynamical Insights.ASAIO journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992) · 2026Article
- Modifying a traditional femoral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cannulation strategy and circuit to improve distal limb hemodynamics.JTCVS open · 2026Article
- [Design of a benchmark pump model and optimization of hemolysis testing protocol for evaluation of blood pump hemocompatibility].Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi · 2026Article
- Impact of adjustable resistance clamps on the in-vitro hemolysis assessment of blood pumps.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Resistance valves in circulatory loops have a significant impact onFrontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices continue to be hampered by thrombotic adverse events (AEs), a consequence of device-imparted supraphysiologic shear stresses, leading to shear-mediated platelet activation (SMPA). In advancing MCS devices from design to clinical use, in vitro circulatory loops containing the device under development and testing are utilized as a means of assessing device thrombogenicity. Physical characteristics of these test circulatory loops may also contribute to inadvertent platelet activation through imparted shear stress, adding inadvertent error in evaluating MCS device thrombogenicity. While investigators normally control for the effect of a loop, inadvertent addition of what are considered innocuous connectors may impact test results. Here, we tested the effect of common, additive components of in vitro circulatory test loops, that is, connectors and loop geometry, as to their additive contribution to shear stress via both in silico and in vitro models. A series of test circulatory loops containing a ventricular assist device (VAD) with differing constituent components, were established in silico including: loops with 0~5 Luer connectors, a loop with a T-connector creating 90° angulation, and a loop with 90° angulation. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations were performed using a
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