Blood flow dynamics evaluated in patients with Fontan procedure
October 2014
Georgia Institute of Technology & Emory University, Atlanta, USA
The Fontan procedure is the palliative strategy used to treat single ventricle lesions. Operative mortality is low but gradual power loss contributes to some long-term complications. In the present study, the researchers aimed at studying the variability of power loss in treated patients. The researchers made a computational analysis of Fontan connections from cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) scans of 100 patients. The study showed that power loss varies widely among Fontan patients and may vary with age and development. Also, elevated levels of power loss are correlated with a lower systemic flow and cardiac index but do not depend on the type of Fontan connection. This type of studies allows for an improved evaluation of surgery standards.
Fontan hemodynamics from 100 patient-specific cardiac magnetic resonance studies: a computational fluid dynamics analysis
Ajit P. Yoganathan
Christopher M. Haggerty et al. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 [1]
EURL ECVAM [2]
Added on: 11-27-2021
[1] https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022522313015353[2] https://data.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset/20947a04-86ef-473f-8907-c658e4050c24
