Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are implanted in patients with end-stage heart failure to assist the ventricle and maintain peripheral perfusion. Unfortunately, adverse events are common including bleeding, stroke, infection, and the most pernicious: THROMBOSIS. Over the last 20 years, James Antaki, PhD and his group have developed a computational model to help research engineers and clinicians to predict thrombosis in VADs. This channel is a culmination of in vitro and computational results in the field.
We invite you to explore our current collaborators:
Brian Kirby, PhD (www.kirbyresearch.com/)
Keith Cook, PhD (engineering.cmu.edu/organs/cook.html)
Marina Kameneva, PhD (mirm-pitt.net/our-people/faculty-staff-bios/marina…