In vitro quantitative study of the total cavopulmonary connection

Author

Grigioni, Maw ; Amodeo, Antonio ; Daniele, Carla ; D´Avenio, Giuseppe ; Formigari, Roberto ; Donato, Roberto Di ; Barbaro, Vincenzo

Author_Institution

Lab. of Biomed. Eng., Ist. Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

3136

Abstract

The total cavopulmonary bypass (TCPC) is a surgical intervention which attempts to provide a satisfactory pulmonary blood flow when the right heart can not sustain it, due to congenital or acquired diseases. In a TCPC, the venae cavae are anastomosed to the pulmonary arteries, with a typical hemodynamics. The authors´ study is aimed at the quantitative investigation of the flow field through a TCPC, by means of a glassblown replica and the application of the particle image velocimetry technique. Different loading conditions, representative of realistic in vivo conditions, were set, in order to study how this connection reacts to changes in haemodynamics

Keywords

blood flow measurement; cardiology; lung; surgery; acquired diseases; congenital diseases; flow field; glassblown replica; haemodynamic changes; in vitro quantitative study; loading conditions; particle image velocimetry technique; realistic in vivo conditions; reconstructive surgery; total cavopulmonary connection; Arteries; Blood flow; Cardiac disease; Heart; Hospitals; Image reconstruction; In vitro; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Static VAr compensators; Surgery;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901549

Filename

901549