Power Consumption of Rotary Blood Pumps: Pulsatile Versus Constant‐Speed Mode

The magnetically levitated rotor makes it feasible to modulate the pump speed without concern for contact-bearing friction that can impede rotation. The pump was connected to a commercial LV simulator (ViVitro Systems, Victoria, BC, Canada), schematically illustrated in Fig. …

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