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To investigate potentially prothrombotic flow patterns within an axial flow ventricular assist device under clinically relevant pulsatile hemodynamic conditions.A transparent replica of the HeartMate-II left ventricular assist device (Thoratec, Pleasanton, Calif) was visualized using a high speed camera at both low and high frame rates (125 and 3000 fps). Three steady-state conditions were studied:...