Detail

Keywords

Biomedical Engineering; Cardiac surgery; Heart Failure; Machine Learning; Outpatients; Patient Outcome Assessment

Research group(s)

• Working Group Schlöglhofer - Mechanical Circulatory Support
  Head: Thomas Schlöglhofer
  Research Area: The interdisciplinary research group of Dr. Schlöglhofer focuses on innovative technologies and research approaches in the field of mechanical circulatory support systems (MCS). The goal is to enhance the safety, efficiency, and long-term compatibility of cardiac support systems such as left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) and Impella systems using state-of-the-art methods from engineering, medicine, and computer science.
  Members:
  Thomas Schlöglhofer
  Hebe Al Asadi
  Katharina Missoni
  Bernhard Kromoser
  Timo Rieder
  Lukas Ruoff

Research interests

Mechanical Circulatory Support

• Multimodal data anlysis of micro-axial flow pump therpay
• Outcomes research and non-invasive monitoring of VAD patients
• Human factors engineering of VAD peripheral components and eye tracking supported simulation studies

Selected publications

1. Ruoff, L. et al. (2025) ‘Noninvasive Analysis of Pump Parameter Responses to Orthostatic Transitions in Patients with Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Devices’, European Heart Journal - Digital Health [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf103.
2. Moayedifar, R. et al. (2025) ‘Prognostic Significance of Albumin in Modern Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy: Relevance in the HeartMate 3 Era?’, Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(17), p. 6193. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14176193.