In vitro set-up of modified Blalock Taussig shunt: Vascular resistance-flow relationship

International Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-317

  Bakir, Ihsan ^a,b   Van Tricht, I ^c   Verdonck, P ^c   Meyns, B ^d  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ghent University ^*  (Turkey)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blalock Taussig shunt; In vitro; Shunt flow; Vascular resistance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; HEMODYNAMICS; PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTERIAL TREE; BLALOCK-TAUSSIG SHUNT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FLOW RELATIONSHIP; IN-VITRO; MODIFIED BLALOCK TAUSSIG; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY BLOOD FLOW; PULMONARY FLOW; SHUNT FLOW;

FLOW RATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; FLOW RATE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG ARTERY; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEEP;

EID: 33744792034     PISSN: 03913988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039139880602900309     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. DeGroff CG, Shands R, Kwon J, Valdes-Cruz L. Accuracy of the Bernoulli equation for estimation of pressure gradient across stenotic Blalock-Taussig shunts: An in vitro and numerical study. Pediatr Cardiol 2000; 21: 439-47.
2. de Leval MR, McKay R, Jones M, Stark J, Macartey FJ. Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: Use of the subclavian artery orifice as flow regulator in prosthetic systemic pulmonary artery shunts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1981; 81: 112-9.
3. Demircin M, Dogan R, Ozkan M, et al. Perigraft seroma complicating the modified Blalock-Taussig shunts: Two consecutive instances with review of literature. Turk J Pediatr 2004; 46: 275-8.
4. Tireli E, Basaran M. Early Blalock-Taussig shunt thrombosis in a neonate with protein C deficiency. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 77: 2260-1.
5. de Soto JS, Gonzalez NM, Rubio JAS, et al. Fibrinolytic therapy with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for thrombosis of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Revista Espanola do Cardiologia 2001; 54: 1113-5.
6. Klinge J, Hofbeck M, Ries M, et al. Thrombolysis of modified Blalock-Taussig shunts in childhood with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. Z Kardiol 1995; 84: 476-80.
7. Peuster M, Fink C, Windhagen-Mahnert B, et al. Early postoperative dysfunction of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: Successful therapy with angioplasty and stent implantation in the subclavian artery. Z Kardiol 2000; 89: 114-7.
8. Peuster M, Fink C, Bertram H, et al. Transcatheter recanalization and subsequent stent implantation for the treatment of early postoperative thrombosis of modified Blalock-Taussig shunts in two children. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1998; 45: 405-8.
9. Ohuchi H, Okabe H, Nagata N, et al. Long-term patency after the Blalock-Taussig operation - comparison between classic and modified shunts. Nippon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi 1996; 44: 1108-13.
10. Tam VK, Murphy K, Parks WJ, at al. Saphenous vein homograft: A superior conduit for the systemic arterial shunt in the Norwood operation. Ann Thorac Surg 2001; 71: 1537-40.
11. Mullen JC, Lemermeyer G, Bentley MJ. Modified Blalock-Taussig shunts: To heparinize or not to heparinize? Can J Cardiol 1996; 12: 645-7.
12. Kokov LS, Korostelev AN, Grinko AN, et al. Recanalization and thrombectomy of internal anastomosis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot using the Angio Jet rheolytic catheter. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2001; 53: 504-7.
13. Ries M, Singer H, Hofbeck M. Thrombolysis of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt with recombinant tissure-plasminogen activator in a newborn infant with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal-defect. Br Heart J 1994; 72: 201-2.
14. Migliavacca F, Dubini G, Pennati G, et al. Computational model of the fluid dynamics in systemic-to-pulmonary shunts. J Biomech 2000; 33: 549-57.
15. Pennati G, Fiore GB, Migliavacca F, et al. In vitro steady-flow analysis of systemic-to-pulmonary shunt haemodynamics. J Biomech 2001; 34: 23-30.
16. Godart F, Qureshi SA, Simha A, et al. Effects of modified and classic Blalock-Taussig shunts on the pulmonary arterial tree. Ann Thorac Surg 1998; 66: 512-8.
17. Song MH, Masaru S, Ueda Y. Three-dimensional simulation of the Blalock-Taussig shunt using computational fluid dynamics. Surg Today 2001; 31: 688-94.
18. Nakano T, Kado H, Shiokawa Y, et al. The low resistance strategy for the perioperative management of the Norwood procedure. Ann Thorac Surg 2004; 77: 908-12.
19. Kiani MF, Hudetz AG. A semi-empirical model of apparent blood viscosity as a function of vessel diameter and discharge hematocrit. Biorheology 1991; 28: 65-73.
20. Kulkarni H, Rajani R, Dalvi B, et al. Effect of Blalock-Taussig shunt on clinical parameters, left ventricular function and pulmonary arteries. J Postgrad Med 1995; 41: 34-6.
21. Atik FA, Atik E, da Cunha CR, et al. Long-term results of correction of tetralogy of Fallot in adulthood. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004; 25: 250-5.
22. Kitagawa T, Katoh I, Fukumura Y, Masuda Y, Hori T. Achieving optimal pulmonary blood flow in the first-stage palliation in early infancy for complex cardiac defects with hypoplastic left ventricles. Cardiol Young 1995; 5: 21-7.
23. Migliavacca F, Pennati G, Di Martino E, Dubini G, Pietrabissa R. Pressure drops in a distensible model of end-to-side anastomosis in system systemic-to-pulmonary shunts. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2002; 5: 243-8.
24. Park JC, Siegel RJ, Demer LL. Effect of calcification and formalin fixation on in vitro distensibility of human femoral arteries. Am Heart J 1993; 125: 344-9.
25. Santana DB, Barra JG, Grignola JC, et al. Pulmonary artery smooth muscle activation attenuates arterial dysfunction during acute pulmonary hypertension. J Appl Physiol 2005; 98: 605-13.
26. Bia D, Aguirre I, Zocalo Y, et al. Regional differences in viscosity, elasticity and wall buffering function in systemic arteries: Pulse wave analysis of the arterial pressure-diameter relationship. Revista. Espanola de Cardiologia 2005; 58: 167-74.
27. McEniery CM, Schmitt M, Clasem A, et al. Nebivolol increases arterial distensibility in vivo. Hypertension 2004; 44: 305-10.
28. Schmitt M, Qasem A, McEniery C, et al. Role of natriuretic peptides in regulation of conduit artery distensibility. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 287: H1167-71.
29. Migliavacca F, Pennati G, Dubini G, et al. Modeling of the Norwood circulation: Effects of shunt size, vascular resistances, and heart rate. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001; 280: H2076-86.
30. Togo T, Ito T, Hata M, et al. Systemic-pulmonary artery shunt using Golaski graft: Trial for measurement of the shunt flow. Kyobu Geka 1995; 48:190-3.