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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2022
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Megan Laughlin

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Graduate Research Assistant

Graduate Student Researcher

3 h-index 8 pubs 38 cited

  • Models, Cardiovascular
  • Hemodynamics
  • Venous Valves
  • Animals
  • Thromboembolism
  • Stroke
  • Bioprosthesis
  • Humans
  • Computer Simulation
  • Blood Platelets
  • Erythrocytes
  • Fibrin
  • Swine
  • Cattle
  • Jugular Veins

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Megan Laughlin is a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville whose research focuses on cardiovascular flow dynamics and biomaterial fixation. She investigates the development of custom wall-less cardiovascular flow phantoms using tissue-mimicking gels, as described in her 2021 publication. Laughlin also examines methods for glutaraldehyde fixation of venous valve tissue, benchmarking alternatives in her 2022 work. Her research interests extend to experimental and computational models for intracardiac flow analysis, including the application of blood speckle imaging, as noted in a 2026 publication. Laughlin has co-authored eight publications and has an h-index of 3 with 38 citations. She collaborates with researchers including Morten Ø. Jensen and Paul C. Millett at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, and Elijah H. Bolin at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

Metrics

  • h-index: 3
  • Publications: 8
  • Citations: 38

Selected Publications

  • Experimental and computational models for intracardiac flow analysis with blood speckle imaging (2026)
    PLoS ONE DOI OpenAlex
  • Glutaraldehyde fixation of venous valve tissue: A benchmark for alternative fixation methods (2022)
    Phlebology The Journal of Venous Disease 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Development of Custom Wall-Less Cardiovascular Flow Phantoms with Tissue-Mimicking Gel (2021)
    Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Fluid-Structure Interaction Modeling and Validation of Idealized Left Ventricular Blood Flow (2020)
  • Real-time transthoracic vector flow imaging of the heart in pediatric patients (2019)
    Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Performance changes of venous valves following tissue treatment with novel in vitro system (2018)
    Phlebology The Journal of Venous Disease 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Novel method for emboli analog formation towards improved stroke retrieval devices (2018)
    Journal of Biomechanics 9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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