Steady Flow Analysis of Mechanical Cavopulmonary Assistance in MRI-Derived Patient-Specific Fontan Configurations

Artificial Organs

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 972-980

  Downs, Emily A ^a   Moskowitz, William B ^b   Throckmorton, Amy L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DAMAGE DETECTION; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; PUMPS;

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

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD PUMP; CAVOPULMONARY ASSIST DEVICE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GEOMETRY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; IMPELLER; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84868599364     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2012.01510.x     Document Type: Article

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