Research Abstracts Online
January 2010 - March 2011
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
PI: Kenneth Liao
Pathophysiological Changes With Left Ventricular Assist Device Support
These researchers are studying blood-flow stagnation near the aortic ventricular surface after implantation of a left ventricular assist device. Flow stagnation leads to thrombus deposition and fibrosis of bioprosthetic aortic valve leaflets. The researchers are using MSI laboratories to perform computational validation of flow stagnation.
Devesh Amatya, Research Associate