Experimental study explores embolic transport patterns in LVAD outflow, suggesting new insights into blood flow dynamics.
= 0.031, 0.053, 0.075 were used to replicate emboli at two clinically relevant flow rates, spanning over 50 experimental cases combined. This systematic investigation reveals that particle distributions largely follow the branchwise flow split, nearly independent of the range of Stokes numbers and inlet Reynolds numbers examined. This finding partially challenges commonly held assumptions in LVAD studies.
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