In-Vitro Validation of Self-Powered Fontan Circulation for Treatment of Single Ventricle Anomaly
Around 8% of all newborns with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) have only a single functioning ventricle. The Fontan operation has served as palliation for this anomaly for decades, but the surgery entails multiple complications, and the survival rate is less than 50% by adulthood. A rapidly testable...
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MDPI AG
2021
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| Sumario: | Around 8% of all newborns with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) have only a single functioning ventricle. The Fontan operation has served as palliation for this anomaly for decades, but the surgery entails multiple complications, and the survival rate is less than 50% by adulthood. A rapidly testable novel alternative is proposed by creating a bifurcating graft, or Injection Jet Shunt (IJS), used to “entrain” the pulmonary flow and thus provide assistance while reducing the caval pressure. A dynamically scaled Mock Flow Loop (MFL) has been configured to validate this hypothesis. Three IJS nozzles of varying diameters 2, 3, and 4 mm with three aortic anastomosis angles and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) reduction have been tested to validate the hypothesis and optimize the caval pressure reduction. The MFL is based on a Lumped-Parameter Model (LPM) of a non-fenestrated Fontan circulation. The best outcome was achieved with the experimental testing of a 3 mm IJS by producing an average caval pressure reduction of more than 5 mmHg while maintaining the clinically acceptable pulmonary flow rate (<i>Q<sub>p</sub></i>) to systemic flow rate (<i>Q<sub>s</sub></i>) ratio of ~1.5. Furthermore, alteration of the PVR helped in achieving higher caval pressure reduction with the 3 mm IJS at the expense of an increase in <i>Q<sub>p</sub></i>/<i>Q<sub>s</sub></i> ratio. |
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