1. A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on an Elevated Beat Rate in the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Open Access Author: Houtz, Brady Title: A Study of the Effect of Hematocrit on an Elevated Beat Rate in the 12cc Penn State Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Area of Honors: Biomedical Engineering Keywords: PVADartificial heartcardiovascularfluid dynamicsbeat ratehematocrit File: Download Houtz_SchreyerThesis.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Keefe B Manning, Thesis SupervisorWilliam O Hancock, Thesis Honors AdvisorWilliam Joseph Weiss, Faculty Reader