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Novel para-aortic cardiac assistance using a pre-stretched dielectric elastomer actuator.

Silje Ekroll JahrenThomas MartinezArmando WalterFrancesco ClavicaPaul Philipp HeinischEric BuffleMarkus M LuediJurgen HörerDominik ObristThierry CarrelYoan CivetYves Perriard
Published in: Interdisciplinary cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2024)
The new setup and the novel para-aortic device presented here helped improve cardiac assistance compared to previous studies. Moreover, we revealed a new way to assist the heart by actuating the device at different starting time to modify the left ventricular stroke volume and stroke work.
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