THE HEART HACKATHON: NURTURING THE NEXT GENERATION IN CARDIOVASCULAR INNOVATION.

Nina Langer^1,2, Thi K. Dao^2,3, Dinasha Wimalasiri^2,4, Ethan Grooby^2,5, Sarah N. Trembley², Taylah Banham^1,2, Shaun D. Gregory^1,2,6

¹Cardio-Respiratory Engineering and Technology Laboratory (CREATElab), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ²The Heart Hackathon, International Society of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Houston, Texas, United States of America; ³Vascular Pathophysiology and Therapeutics Group, Victorian Heart Hospital, Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ⁴Women’s Health Group, The Ritchie Centre, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ⁵Biomedical Signal Processing Research Lab, Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; ⁶The Centre for Biomedical Technologies and School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate: a new therapeutic drug for the treatment of hypertension

Michaela Lellig¹, Juan Muñoz-Castañeda², Juliane Hermann¹, Heidi Noels¹, Mariano Rodriguez², Martin Tepel³, Joachim Jankowski¹, Vera Jankowski¹

¹Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research (IMCAR), Department of University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany; ²Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research (IMIBIC), Cordoba, Spain; ³Department of Nephrology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

In vitro characterisation of modified micro vascular plugs as pulmonary flow restrictors

Niccolò Crescenti^1,2, Julia Imhoff³, Michael Hübler³, Jörg Siegmar Sachweh³, Rainer Gerhard Kozlik-Feldmann³, Nora Lang³, Bernhard Semlitsch², Marcus Granegger^1,3

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Austria; ²Research Unit of Fluid Flow Machinery, Vienna University of Technology, Austria; ³University Heart & Vascular Center, Hamburg, Germany

SYSTEM LEVEL ANALYSIS OF VENTRICLE ASSIST DEVICES FOR RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE

Canberk Yildirim¹, Goksel Guven², Osama Soliman³, Erhan Tenekecioglu⁴, Sakir Akin⁵, Kadir Caliskan⁵, Kerem Pekkan⁶

¹Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkiye; ²Hacettepe University, Turkiye; ³University of Galway, Republic of Ireland; ⁴University of Health Sciences, Turkiye; ⁵Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands; ⁶Koc University, Turkiye

TOWARDS THE PERSONALIZATION OF THE DIALYTIC THERAPY: AN EXPLAINABLE APPROACH TO PREVENT INTRADIALYTIC HYPOTENSION

Giustina Casagrande¹, Cristiana Larizza², Antonino Nocera², Silvana Quaglini², Riccardo Bellazzi², Andrea Ambrosini³, Pietro Cippà⁴, Carla Colturi⁵, Gianvincenzo Melfa⁶, Reto Venzin⁷, Maria Laura Costantino¹

¹Dpt. of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; ²Dpt.of Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy; ³Renal Transplant Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, ASST Sette Laghi, Varese, Italy; ⁴Unit of Nephrology, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland; ⁵Division of Nephrology, ASST Valtellina e Alto Lario, Sondrio, Italy; ⁶Division of Nephrology, Ospedale Sant'Anna, ASST Lariana, Como, Italy; ⁷Division of Nephrology, Dpt.of Internal Medicine, Cantonal Hospital Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland

OPTIMAL BLOOD FLOW RATE FOR THE FILTER LIFETIME OF POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE MEMBRANE FILTER FOR CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY

Yoshitaka Kurihara¹, Shunichi Ueki¹, Tomoyo Ebine¹, Hiroshi Tsukao^1,2, Kozue Kobayashi^1,3, Kenichi Kokubo^1,3, Msaru Kubota^1,3

¹Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Japan; ²Faculty of Medical Sciences, Juntendo university, Japan; ³Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Japan

VISCOELASTIC HYDROGELS AS 3D PLATFORMS FOR CELL CULTURE

José Luis Aparicio-Collado¹, Sandra Igual-Roger¹, Violeta Alagarda-Fernández¹, M. Teresa Donato^2,3,4, Laia Tolosa^2,5, Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez^5,6, Gloria Gallego-Ferrer^1,5

¹Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (CBIT), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain; ²Experimental Hepatology Unit, Health Research Institute La Fe (IISLAFE), Valencia, Spain; ³Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain; ⁴Biomedical Research Networking Center on Hepatic and Digestive Diseases (CIBER-EHD), Carlos III Health Institute, Valencia, Spain; ⁵Biomedical Research Networking Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), Carlos III Health Institute, Valencia, Spain; ⁶Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Pressure surveillance in extracorporeal circuits: Relevance in haemodialysis and hemodiafiltration

Gita F. Choirot, Wolfgang Kleinekofort

RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, Germany

FROM LAB TO LARGE SCALE: MIXED MATRIX MEMBRANES’ SUPERIORITY IN PROTEIN-BOUND UREMIC TOXIN REMOVAL

Marc Torrents Yeste

University of Twente, Netherlands, The

OPTIMIZATION OF DANAPAROID INCORPORATION TO DIALYSIS MEMBRANES FOR LONG TERM HEMOCOMPATIBILITY

Roberto Nese, Odyl ter Beek, Dimitrios Stamatialis

Advanced Organ bioengineering and Therapeutics, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Arteriovenous fistula maturation - a fluid-structure interaction follow-up study

Daniel Jodko^1,2, Tracie Barber²

¹Lodz University of Technology, Poland; ²University of New South Wales, Australia

Assumption-related sensitivity analysis in a fluid-structure interaction study of an arteriovenous fistula

Daniel Jodko^1,2, Tracie Barber²

¹Lodz University of Technology, Poland; ²University of New South Wales, Australia