Partial LVAD restores ventricular outputs and normalizes LV but not RV stress distributions in the acutely failing heart in silico.

Autor: Sack KL;  Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town - South Africa., Baillargeon B;  Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corporation, Fremont, CA - USA., Acevedo-Bolton G;  Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco - USA., Genet M;  Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco - USA.;  Marie-Curie International Outgoing Fellow, Palaiseau - France.;  Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zürich, Zurich - Switzerland., Rebelo N;  Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corporation, Fremont, CA - USA., Kuhl E;  Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA - USA., Klein L;  Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco - USA., Weiselthaler GM;  Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco - USA., Burkhoff D;  Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY - USA., Franz T;  Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town - South Africa.;  Bioengineering Science Research Group, Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton - UK., Guccione JM;  Department of Surgery, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco - USA.

Publikováno v: The International journal of artificial organs [Int J Artif Organs] 2016 Oct 10; Vol. 39 (8), pp. 421-430. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 14.