Mechanical Cavopulmonary Assistance of a Patient-Specific Fontan Physiology: Numerical Simulations, Lumped Parameter Modeling, and Suction Experiments

Artificial Organs

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1036-1047

  Throckmorton, Amy L ^a   Carr, James P ^a   Tahir, Sharjeel A ^a   Tate, Ryan ^a   Downs, Emily A ^a   Bhavsar, Sonya S ^a   Wu, Yi ^c   Grizzard, John D ^a   Moskowitz, William B ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial right ventricle; Blood pump; Cavopulmonary assist device; Computational fluid dynamics; Fontan physiology; Mechanical cavopulmonary assist; Pediatric circulatory support; Single ventricle physiology; Total cavopulmonary connection

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PUMPS;

ARTIFICIAL RIGHT VENTRICLE; ASSIST DEVICE; BLOOD PUMP; CAVOPULMONARY ASSIST DEVICE; CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; FONTAN PHYSIOLOGY; MECHANICAL; MECHANICAL CAVOPULMONARY ASSIST; PEDIATRIC CIRCULATORY SUPPORT; RIGHT VENTRICLE; SINGLE VENTRICLE PHYSIOLOGIES; TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTRAVASCULAR AXIAL FLOW BLOOD PUMP; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; SIMULATION; TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; VELOCITY; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 81855198940     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2011.01339.x     Document Type: Article

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