TY - GEN
T1 - Investigation of a hydrodynamic performance of a ventricular assist device after its long-term use in clinical application
AU - Kokuzawa, Yuma
AU - Shima, Tomohiro
AU - Furusato, Masateru
AU - Ito, Kazuhiko
AU - Tanaka, Takashi
AU - Igarashi, Toshihiro
AU - Nishinaka, Tomohiro
AU - Iwasaki, Kiyotaka
AU - Umezu, Mitsuo
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - A long-term durability of a ventricular assist device (VAD) is required due to a shortage of donor hearts for cardiac transplantation, but there is no analyzed pump data after long-term use. This study aimed to perform a comparative study between new VAD and VADs after long-term use. The hydrodynamic performance of the used Toyobo VADs (mean period of 5 months with the maximum of 12 months) was evaluated in a mock circulatory system, where a new VAD was used as a control. Although a remarkable difference was not observed in terms of mean flow rate, flow and pressure waveforms varied significantly. Then, the pressure-volume relationship of each pump was measured. It was found that the capacity of long-term VADs was reduced. Although a further study is required, these results suggested that a long-term use of VAD may cause a change in mechanical properties of polymer materials.
AB - A long-term durability of a ventricular assist device (VAD) is required due to a shortage of donor hearts for cardiac transplantation, but there is no analyzed pump data after long-term use. This study aimed to perform a comparative study between new VAD and VADs after long-term use. The hydrodynamic performance of the used Toyobo VADs (mean period of 5 months with the maximum of 12 months) was evaluated in a mock circulatory system, where a new VAD was used as a control. Although a remarkable difference was not observed in terms of mean flow rate, flow and pressure waveforms varied significantly. Then, the pressure-volume relationship of each pump was measured. It was found that the capacity of long-term VADs was reduced. Although a further study is required, these results suggested that a long-term use of VAD may cause a change in mechanical properties of polymer materials.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-74771-0_49
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-74771-0_49
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:38049153438
SN - 9783540747703
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 429
EP - 435
BT - Life System Modeling and Simulation - International Conference, LSMS 2007, Proceedings
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 2007 International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2007
Y2 - 14 September 2007 through 17 September 2007
ER -