CardioVasc Engineers

What is the effect of different prosthetic valve sizes on blood flow patterns? A study with tissue-engineered valved conduits @Xeltis in pulmonary position using tomographic PIV - see doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.…

How do pericytes influence the transport and distribution of RBCs in a capillary network? See the results from a microfluidic in vitro model in sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

See our detailed comparison by Ali Mokhtari et al. between data obtained from a 7T MRI scanner and high-fidelity CFD in phantoms with 0%, 40% and 80% stenosis Mokhtari et al. Comparison of 4D flow MRI and computational fluid dynamics in carotid ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Short exposure to microdoses of alteplase are sufficient to dissolve microthrombi in a microvascular obstruction model! Details in: rdcu.be/enKOQ @CorFlowinc @unibern @ethz @UZH_en

What is the connection between bioprosthetic leaflet fluttering and turbulent blood flow? See our latest article by KM Bornemann and @DominikObrist featured in Physics of Fluids pubs.aip.org/aip/pof/articl… @ @unibern

Transition to turbulence in a bioprosthetic heart valve: beautiful images & great science! Check out our entry for the 'Gallery of Fluid Motion' competition at this year's @APSphysics-DFD conference: gfm.aps.org/meetings/dfd-2… (full video) @unibern @cscsch

The NARCO trial: Assessing high-risk anatomical features in anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery (AAOCA) sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @chrisgraeni @unibern @inselgruppe

How to select the right cannula for pediatric ECMO? Ferrari et al. used a pediatric pulsatile mock loop to evaluate the performance of ECMO cannulae onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ao… @inselgruppe @unibern

Quantitative comparison of the novel TRIFLO heart valve to state-of-the-art heart valve prostheses using tomographic PIV: differences in TVPG, EOA, turbulence levels and flow patterns. see: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Lingering red blood cells in capillary networks may affect the hematocrit partitioning in following microvascular bifurcations - see the experimental study by Bucciarelli, Mantegazza & @DominikObrist in Biophysical Journal cell.com/biophysj/fullt… @unibern @inselgruppe @polimi

Patients with larger ascending aorta show higher blood damage index for platelets stagnating in the neo-sinus after TAVR! See the coputational study by K.-M. Bornemann, @ekrolljahren , @DominikObrist in Comp Biol & Med: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Helical coiling leads to strong transverse flow patterns in the chochlea which increase for higher frequencies sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

What is the role of bioprosthetic aortic valve design on hemodynamics? See the new articles by @pascal_corso: Part I: Flow configuration and vortex dynamics sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Part II: Spectral analysis and anisotropy sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Turbulent flow behind bioprosthetic heart valves: How the interplay between starting vortex, FSI and shear layer instabilities initiates transition to turbulence K.-M. Bornemann & @dominikobrist @unibern | Journal of Fluid Mechanics | bit.ly/3JEzaK0

Researchers at the #ARTORG Center for #biomedicalengineering Research in Bern have co-developed and tested a new method to combat the blockage of tiny coronary arteries after a #heartattack. A special balloon catheter is the key to this: sohub.io/vv5a. @MedFacultyUniBE

Results from in-vivo trials with a novel para-aortic cardiac assistance using a pre-stretched dielectric elastomer actuator academic.oup.com/icvts/article/… @unibern @EPFL @ekrolljahren @FrancescoC92149 @DominikObrist

Congratulations to Karoline Bornemann for winning the poster price at the annual meeting of the Heart Valve Society with a study on valve thrombosis in patients with larger ascending aorta @HeartValveOrg @unibern @inselgruppe

Our latest paper on how cardiac pressure-volume catheters can help improve urodynamics is now available @FrontUrology @ekrolljahren @DominikObrist @MatthiasHaenggi @BurkhardFiona frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Really pleased to have contributed to this review paper on mathematical modelling of the Lower Urinary Tract. #LUT #MathematicalModeling #ICI-RS @MDamaser @FrançoiseValentini @IliasGiarenis @ClevelandClinic @Sorbonne_Univ_ @unibern @inselgruppe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/na…