Publications (2)1.71 Total impact
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Article: Methods of design, simulation, and control for the development of new VAD/TAH concepts.
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ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of death worldwide. If medical treatments fail to restore adequate blood flow in a patient, mechanical support is needed. To date, many different types of blood pumps have been developed, but only few are clinically available. This review article describes the challenges involved in this field of research and gives an overview of the development process. Past developments as well as current and new technologies and approaches applied are summarized. Finally, a perspective for improved devices is discussed.Biomedizinische Technik 10/2009; 54(5):269-81. · 0.86 Impact Factor -
Article: Modeling and simulation of the cardiovascular system: a review of applications, methods, and potentials.
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ABSTRACT: Proper function of the cardiovascular system is indispensible to human survival. However, this system is dominated by complex interactions between different physiological processes and control mechanisms. A structured analysis and a mathematical description of this system can provide more insight, and a computer-based simulation of dynamic processes in the cardiovascular system could be applied in numerous tasks. This article gives a review of different approaches to cardio-circulatory modeling and discusses methodological aspects and fields of application for several classes of models.Biomedizinische Technik 01/2009; 54(5):233-44. · 0.86 Impact Factor
