Conferences

AHA Research Day 

April 27th, 2023 in Orlando, FL

  • Awarded with Best Presentation Marcello Mattei, "Prediction of 3D Blood Flow Fields using Physics Informed Neural Networks"
  • Samantha Sequeira, "Quantifying Hemodynamic Burden Pediatric Vasculopathy Post-Transplantation"
  • Juan Rodriguez Paez, "Modeling Cardiac Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics to Optimize Heart Transplantation"
  • Natalie Eustis, "Hemodynamic Optimization of an Implantable Artificial Kidney Device"
  • Erin Smith and Ruth White, "Quantifying Angiography using Simulated Angiograms"
  • Venkat Keshav Chivukula, "EMMA: EXCOR Membrane Motion Analyzer to Quantify and Assess Hemodynamic Performance"

SPIE 2023 Medical Imaging Conference

February 19th-24th, 2023 in San Diego

  • Ruth White presented on "Investigating angiographic injection parameters for cerebral aneurysm hemodynamic characterization using patient-specific simulated angiograms"
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ASAIO 2022 Conference

MCFL Presents at the ASAIO June 8th-11th, 2022 in Chicago, IL

  • Andre Laffitte Farina and Venkat Keshav Chivukula, Hemodynamic Study of an Implantable Artificial Kidney Device Using a Computational Model
  • Jasmine Martinez and Venkat Keshav Chivukula, Virtual LVAD Speed Optimization Using Hemodynamic Modeling on  a Large Patient Cohort
  • Rachel Hilner, Pediatric Heart Assist Device Monitor, Senior Design Competition Presentation
  • Andre Laffitte Farina, Lectio Signum ASL Translator, Innovation Session 
  • Jasmine Martinez, Investigating EVAHEART2  Speed Modulation Using  Computational Hemodynamic Analysis, Presentation Bioengineering
  • Venkat Keshav Chivukula and Rachel Hillner, Assessment of EXCOR Operation Using Image-Based Quantitative Analysis, Cardiac Research
  • Marissa (University of Washington), The effect of permissive  hypertension on cerebral perfusion in VAD patients  with embolic stroke 

MCFL at BMES 2021

2021 BMES Annual Meeting 

MCFL had 5 presentations in the BMES 2021 Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida from October 6th - 9th, 2021.  

  • Ruth White,  Assessing the Effect of Oxygenator Blockage on Blood Flow in ECMO using Computational Hemodynamics, Talk
  • Venkat Keshav Chivukula, Hemodynamic Evaluation of LVAD Surgical Impantation Using 1000 fps High Speed Angiography (HSA), Talk
  • Natile Hill and Rachel Hillner, Characterizing Thrombogenic Risk of LVAD Inflow Angulation Using Platelet-focused Zonal Analysis
  • Ana Martinez, Characterizing Endothelial Damage during Ischemic Stroke Treatment via an In-vitro Live Cell Model
  • Jasmine Martinez, Optimizing LVAD Speed Modulation Using Computational Hemodynamics Modelling
Publications

Venkat Keshav Chivukula, Jennifer A. Beckman, Anthony R. Prisco, Shin Lin, Todd F. Dardas, Richard K. Cheng, Stephen D. Farris, Jason W. Smith, Claudius Mahr & Alberto Aliseda LVAD inflow cannula insertion depth influences thrombosis risk. ASAIO Journal (2019) DOI: 1097/MAT.0000000000001068

L Marsh, M Barbour, VK Chivukula, F Chassagne, C Kelly, S Levy, L Kim, M Levitt and A Aliseda, Platelet Dynamics and Hemodynamics of Cerebral Aneurysms Treated with Flow-Diverting Stents, Annals of Biomedical Engineering 48(1), 490-501 (2019) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-019-02368-0

Michael R Levitt, Christian Mandrycky, Ashley N Abel, Cory M Kelly, Samuel Levy, Venkat K Chivukula, Ying Zheng, Alberto Aliseda, Louis J Kim, Genetic correlates of wall shear stress in a patient-specific 3D-printed cerebral aneurysm model, accepted for publication in the Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery (2019)

S Li, J Beckman, N Welch, J Bjelkgren, C Masri, E Minami, A Stempien-Otero, W Levy, KD OBrien, S Lin,

 S Farris, R Cheng, G Wood, K Koomalsingh, J Kirkpatrick, J McCabe, P Leary, F Chassagne, VK Chivukula, A Aliseda and C Mahr, Accuracy of Doppler Blood Pressure Measurement in Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices, accepted for publication in the European Society of Cardiology – Heart Failure Journal (2019)

M Selmi, W Chiu, V Chivukula, G Melisurgo, J Beckman, C Mahr, A Aliseda, E Votta, A Redaelli, M Slepian, D Bluestein, F Pappalardo, F Consolo, Blood Damage in Left Ventricular Assist Devices: Pump Thrombosis or LVAD System Thrombosis? International Journal of Artificial Organs, 42(3), pp 113-124 (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0391398818806162

Venkat Keshav Chivukula, Michael Levitt, Alicia Clark, Michael Barbour, Kurt Sansom, Luke Johnson, Cory Kelly, Christian Geindreau, Sabine Rolland du Roscoat, Louis Kim, Alberto Aliseda, Reconstructing patient-specific cerebral aneurysm vasculature for in vitro investigations and treatment efficacy assessments, Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Vol 61, pp 153-159 (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocn.2018.10.103

V Chivukula, JA Beckman, AR Prisco, TF Dardas, S Lin, JW Smith, NA Mokadam, A Aliseda and C Mahr, LVAD Inflow Cannula Angle and Thrombosis Risk, Circulation: Heart Failure (2018) 11 e004325 DOI: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.117.004325

TB Lawson, DE Scott-Dreschsel, VK Chivukula, S Rugonyi, K Thornburg, M Hinds, Hyperglycemia Alters the Structure and Hemodynamics of the Developing Embryonic Heart, Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 5(1), 13. (2018)  DOI: 10.3390/jcdd5010013

V Chivukula, JA Beckman, AR Prisco, S Lin, TF Dardas, RK Cheng, JW Smith, NA Mokadam, C Mahr and A Aliseda, Small LV Size is an Independent Risk Factor for VAD Thrombosis, ASAIO Journal (2018) DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000798

A Aliseda , VK Chivukula, P McGah, AT Prisco, JA Beckman, GJM Garcia, NA Mokadam and C Mahr, LVAD Outflow graft angle and thrombosis risk, ASAIO Journal 63(1), 14-23 (2017) DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000443

C Mahr*, VK Chivukula*, P McGah, AR Prisco, JA Beckman, NA Mokadam and A Aliseda, Intermittent aortic valve opening and risk of thrombosis in VAD patients, ASAIO Journal 63(4), 425-432 (2017) DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000512

MR Levitt, MC Barbour, SR du Roscoat Geindreau, VK Chivukula, PM McGah, JD Nerva, RP Morton, LJ Kim and A Aliseda, Computational fluid dynamics of cerebral aneurysm coiling using high-resolution and high-energy synchrotron X-ray microtomography: comparison with the homogeneous porous medium approach. Journal of neurointerventional surgery, 9(8), pp.00-00.(2016) DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2016-012479

V Chivukula, S Goenezen, M Midgett, S Rugonyi, Effect of Outflow Tract Banding on Embryonic Cardiac Hemodynamics. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease3(1),1, (2016) DOI: 10.3390/jcdd3010001

J Crawford, V Chivukula, S Haller, N Vatankah, C Bohannan, G Moneta, S. Rugonyi, A Azarbal Aortic outflow occlusion predicts rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm Journal of Vascular Surgery, 64(6) 1623-1628 (2016)  DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2016.03.454

M Midgett, V Chivukula, C Dorn, S Wallace and S Rugonyi, Blood flow through the embryonic heart outflow tract during cardiac looping in HH13–HH18 chicken embryos. Journal of The Royal Society Interface111: (2015) DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0652

S Goenezen, V Chivukula, L Phan, S Rugonyi, 4D subject-specific inverse modeling of the chick embryonic heart outflow tract hemodynamics.  Model. Mechanobiol: 1-21 (2015) DOI: 10.1007/s10237-015-0720-y

V Chivukula, B Krog, JT Nauseef, MD Henry, SC Vigmostad, Alterations in cancer cell mechanical properties after fluid shear stress exposure: a micropipette aspiration study, Cell Health Cytoskeleton. 25–35 (2015) DOI: 10.2147/CHC.S71852

V Chivukula, J Mousel, J Lu, S Vigmostad, Micro-scale blood particulate dynamics using a non-uniform rational B-spline-based isogeometric analysis., J. Numer. Method. Biomed. Eng. 30, 1437–59 (2014) DOI:10.1002/cnm.2666

TD Almomani, SC Vigmostad, VK Chivukula, L Al-zube, Red blood cell flow in the cardiovascular system: A fluid dynamics perspective, Crit. Rev. Biomed. Eng. 40, 427–440 (2012) DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v40.i5.30