title: Evaluation of shear-induced platelet activation models under constant and dynamic shear stress loading conditions relevant to devices.
abstract: The advent of implantable blood-recirculating devices such as left ventricular assist devices and prosthetic heart valves provides a viable therapy for patients with end-stage heart failure and valvular disease. However, device-generated pathological flow patterns result in thromboembolic complications that require complex and lifelong anticoagulant therapy, which entails hemorrhagic risks and is not appropriate for certain patients. Optimizing the thrombogenic performance of such devices utilizing numerical simulations requires the development of predictive platelet activation models that account for variations in shear-loading rates characterizing blood flow through such devices. Platelets were exposed in vitro to both dynamic and constant shear stress conditions emulating those found in blood-recirculating devices in order to determine their shear-induced activation and sensitization response. Both these behaviors were found to be dependent on the shear loading rates, in addition to shear stress magnitude and exposure time. We then critically examined several current models and evaluated their predictive capabilities using these results. Shear loading rate terms were then included to account for dynamic aspects that are either ignored or partially considered by these models, and model parameters were optimized. Independent optimization for each of the two types of shear stress exposure conditions tested resulted in different sets of best-fit constants, indicating that universal optimization may not be possible. Inherent limitations of the current models require a paradigm shift from these integral-based discretized power law models to better address the dynamic conditions encountered in blood-recirculating devices.
authors: Department of Biomedical Engineering, T15-090 Health Sciences Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8151, USA.
authors: Jawaad
authors: J
authors: Sheriff
authors: João Silva
authors: JS
authors: Soares
authors: Michalis
authors: M
authors: Xenos
authors: Jolyon
authors: J
authors: Jesty
authors: Marvin J
authors: MJ
authors: Slepian
authors: Danny
authors: D
authors: Bluestein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015539:Platelet Activation; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
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