Cardiovascular Bioengineering

3 Credits

Review of current and emerging trends in cardiac and vascular device development. Topics include cardiovascular anatomy and physiology principles, molecular and systemic basis of cardiovascular pathologies, techniques for diagnosis and surgical management of select disease manifestations. Medical, bioengineering and biologic parameters influencing the design and selection of interventional devices and endovascular prosthetics, as well as the engineering tools necessary for their evaluation. Consideration of factors contributing to device failure and state of the art in experiments and human clinical trials. Prerequisites: BIOE 210 and BIOE 247