Preload-based starling-like control of rotary blood pumps: an in-vitro evaluation

• Main Authors: Mansouri, Mahdi, Gregory, Shaun David, Salamonsen, Robert Francis, Lovell, Nigel Hamilton, Stevens, Michael Charles, Pauls, Jo P., Akmeliawati, Rini, Lim, Einly
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2017
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/58396/1/58396_Preload-based%20Starling-like%20control.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58396/2/58396_Preload-based%20Starling-like%20control_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58396/3/58396_Preload-based%20Starling-like%20control_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/58396/; http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172393&type=printable

Due to a shortage of donor hearts, rotary left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are used to provide mechanical circulatory support. To address the preload insensitivity of the constant speed controller (CSC) used in conventional LVADs, we developed a preload-based Starling-like controller (SLC). T...