Numerical investigation of the influence of a bearing/shaft structure in an axial blood pump on the potential for device thrombosis

Liu, GM; Jin, DH; Chen, HB; Hou, JF; Zhang, Y; Sun, HS; Zhou, JY; Hu, SS; Gui, XM

Jin, DH (reprint author), Beihang Univ, Sch Energy & Power Engn, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China.; Hu, SS (reprint author), Chinese Acad Med Sci, Fu Wai Hosp, Natl Ctr Cardiovasc Dis, State Key Lab Cardiovasc Dis, Beijing 100037, Peoples R China.; Hu, SS

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS, 2019; 42 (4): 182

Abstract

Adverse events caused by flow-induced thrombus formation around the bearing/shaft of an axial blood pump remain a serious problem for axial blood pump......

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