1 | Page COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL ADJUSTMENT OF LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE IMPLANTATION TO MINIMIZE STROKE RISK Andres F. Osorio 1 andres.osorio@knights.ucf.edu Ruben Osorio 1 ruben.osorio@knights.ucf.edu Andres Ceballos 1 andres.ceballos@knights.ucf.edu Reginald Tran 1 reginald.Tran@knights.ucf.edu William Clark 1 wdclark86@gmail.com Eduardo A. Divo 1,2 divoe@daytonastate.edu ; Eduardo.divo@ucf.edu I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales 3 ricardo.argueta@orlandohealth.com Alain J. Kassab 1 Alain.kassab@ucf.edu William M. DeCampli 3,4 william.decampli@orlandohealth.com 1 Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA 2 School of Engineering Technology, Daytona State College, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA 3 Congenital Heart Institute at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, FL, USA 4 Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, USA __________________________________________________________________________________