Shear Stress, Energy Losses, and Costs: A Resolved Dilemma of Pulsatile Cardiac Assist Devices

<table>Different remodeling zones (Z) of left and right hearts circuits [<a href="/journals/bmri/2014/651769/#B15">15</a>]. Left heart: Z1 = left ventricle pump; Z2 = peristaltic aortic pump + valsalva. Right heart: Z1= systemic veins; Z2 = atrio-ventricular cavity; Z3 = interventricular septum; Z4 = infundibulum; Z5 = pulmonary artery.</table>

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Figure 7: Shear Stress, Energy Losses, and Costs: A Resolved Dilemma of Pulsatile Cardiac Assist Devices 