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Arash
Kheradvar
Assistant
Professor
Adjunct
Assistant
Professor of
Internal
Medicine,
Cell and
Developmental
Biology
Our
research
focuses on
cardiovascular
engineering
with
emphasis on
cardiovascular
micro/macro
mechanics,
cardiac
imaging and
development
cardiovascular
devices.
Gaining
fundamental
understanding
of the
governing
physics
behind the
cardiovascular
system and
developing
more
systematic
tools to
better
detect and
overcome
cardiovascular
diseases are
the major
motivations
for our
research
group.
One
aspect of
our research
is focused
on
techniques
that can
diagnose
diastolic
dysfunction
much earlier
than the
current
diagnostic
techniques
using fluid
dynamics and
in
particular
vortex
dynamics.
Another
aspect of
Dr.
Kheradvar’s
research is
to develop
better
understanding
of
ventricular
global
mechanical
properties
by
characterizing
viscoelastic
behavior of
the heart
via
different
imaging
modalities
based on
experimental
methods and
modeling
techniques.
Dr.
Kheradvar’s
group is
also focused
to develop
collapsible
types of
percutaneous
heart valves
that can be
delivered
into the
heart
through
small
diameter
catheters.
We are in
process of
implementing
and testing
a technology
that allows
a pre-valve
system to be
delivered
inside the
cardiovascular
system by an
extremely
small
catheter (3
to 9
French),
thus forming
a complete
heart valve
in the
designated
position.
Education
-
Ph.D.,
(Bioengineering),
California
Institute
of
Technology
(Caltech),
Pasadena,
California
(2006)
-
M.D.,
Tehran
University
of
Medical
Sciences,
Iran
(2000)
Selected Publications
-
A.
Kheradvar,
M.
Gharib,
"Influence
of
ventricular
pressure-drop
on
mitral
annulus
dynamics
through
the
process
of
vortex
ring
formation",
Annals
of
Biomedical
Engineering,
35(12),
2050-2064,
(2007)
-
A.
Kheradvar,
Milano
M., M.
Gharib,,
"Correlation
between
vortex
ring
formation
and
mitral
annulus
dynamics
during
ventricular
rapid
filling",
ASAIO
Journal,
53(1),
8-16,
(2007)
-
A.
Kheradvar,
Milano
M.,
Gorman
R.C.,
Gorman
III
J.H.,
M.
Gharib,
"Assessment
of left
ventricular
viscoelastic
components
based on
ventricular
harmonic
behavior",
Cardiovascular
Engineering,
6(1),
30-39,
(2006)
-
Gharib
M.,
Rambod
E.,
Kheradvar
A.,
Sahn
D.,
Dabiri
J.O.,
"A
global
index
for
heart
failure
based on
optimal
vortex
formation
in the
left
ventricle",
Proceedings
of
National
Academy
of
Sciences
(PNAS),
103(16),
6305-6308,
(2006)
-
A.
Kheradvar,
Kasalko
J,
Johnson
D, M.
Gharib,
"An
in-vitro
study of
changing
profile
heights
in
mitral
bioprostheses
and
their
influence
on
flow",
ASAIO
Journal,
52(1),
34-38,
(2006)
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