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Hahn JW, Kim GB, Song MK, Lee SY, Bae EJ. Successful Fontan Completion of a Single Ventricle with Floating Dysplastic Right Ventricle within the Left Ventricle. J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 29:289-291. [PMID: 33605101 PMCID: PMC8318806 DOI: 10.4250/jcvi.2020.0200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Jong Woo Hahn
- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Spadotto V, Frescura C, Ho SY, Thiene G. The concept of double inlet-double outlet right ventricle: a distinct congenital heart disease. Cardiovasc Pathol 2016; 26:39-44. [PMID: 27866077 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/20/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence and to analyze the anatomy of double inlet-double outlet right ventricle complex and its associated cardiac anomalies in our autopsy series. Among the 1640 hearts with congenital heart disease of our Anatomical Collection, we reviewed the specimens with double inlet-double outlet right ventricle, according to the sequential-segmental analysis, identifying associated cardiac anomalies and examining lung histology to assess the presence of pulmonary vascular disease. We identified 14 hearts with double inlet-double outlet right ventricle (0.85%). Right atrial isomerism was observed in 10 hearts, situs solitus in 3 and left atrial isomerism in one. Regarding the mode of atrioventricular connection, all hearts but one had a common atrioventricular valve. Systemic or pulmonary venous abnormalities were noted in all patients with atrial isomerism. In nine patients a valvular or subvalvular pulmonary stenosis was present. Among the functionally "univentricular hearts", double inlet- double outlet right ventricle represents a peculiar entity, mostly in association with right atrial isomerism. Multiple cardiac anomalies are associated and may complicate surgical repair.
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- Veronica Spadotto
- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy
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- Cardiac Morphology Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, SW36NP, London, UK
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Via Giustiniani 2, 35128, Padova, Italy.
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Vallecilla C, Khiabani RH, Trusty P, Sandoval N, Fogel M, Briceño JC, Yoganathan AP. Exercise capacity in the Bidirectional Glenn physiology: Coupling cardiac index, ventricular function and oxygen extraction ratio. J Biomech 2015; 48:1997-2004. [PMID: 25913242 PMCID: PMC4492809 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.03.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 03/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In Bi-directional Glenn (BDG) physiology, the superior systemic circulation and pulmonary circulation are in series. Consequently, only blood from the superior vena cava is oxygenated in the lungs. Oxygenated blood then travels to the ventricle where it is mixed with blood returning from the lower body. Therefore, incremental changes in oxygen extraction ratio (OER) could compromise exercise tolerance. In this study, the effect of exercise on the hemodynamic and ventricular performance of BDG physiology was investigated using clinical patient data as inputs for a lumped parameter model coupled with oxygenation equations. Changes in cardiac index, Qp/Qs, systemic pressure, oxygen extraction ratio and ventricular/vascular coupling ratio were calculated for three different exercise levels. The patient cohort (n=29) was sub-grouped by age and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) at rest. It was observed that the changes in exercise tolerance are significant in both comparisons, but most significant when sub-grouped by PVR at rest. Results showed that patients over 2 years old with high PVR are above or close to the upper tolerable limit of OER (0.32) at baseline. Patients with high PVR at rest had very poor exercise tolerance while patients with low PVR at rest could tolerate low exercise conditions. In general, ventricular function of SV patients is too poor to increase CI and fulfill exercise requirements. The presented mathematical model provides a framework to estimate the hemodynamic performance of BDG patients at different exercise levels according to patient specific data.
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- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Division of Cardiology, Children׳s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Group of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; Research Department, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Vallecilla C, Khiabani RH, Sandoval N, Fogel M, Briceño JC, Yoganathan AP. Effect of high altitude exposure on the hemodynamics of the bidirectional Glenn physiology: modeling incremented pulmonary vascular resistance and heart rate. J Biomech 2014; 47:1846-52. [PMID: 24755120 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 01/22/2014] [Accepted: 03/11/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The considerable blood mixing in the bidirectional Glenn (BDG) physiology further limits the capacity of the single working ventricle to pump enough oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. This condition is exacerbated under severe conditions such as physical activity or high altitude. In this study, the effect of high altitude exposure on hemodynamics and ventricular function of the BDG physiology is investigated. For this purpose, a mathematical approach based on a lumped parameter model was developed to model the BDG circulation. Catheterization data from 39 BDG patients at stabilized oxygen conditions was used to determine baseline flows and pressures for the model. The effect of high altitude exposure was modeled by increasing the pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and heart rate (HR) in increments up to 80% and 40%, respectively. The resulting differences in vascular flows, pressures and ventricular function parameters were analyzed. By simultaneously increasing PVR and HR, significant changes (p <0.05) were observed in cardiac index (11% increase at an 80% PVR and 40% HR increase) and pulmonary flow (26% decrease at an 80% PVR and 40% HR increase). Significant increase in mean systemic pressure (9%) was observed at 80% PVR (40% HR) increase. The results show that the poor ventricular function fails to overcome the increased preload and implied low oxygenation in BDG patients at higher altitudes, especially for those with high baseline PVRs. The presented mathematical model provides a framework to estimate the hemodynamic performance of BDG patients at different PVR increments.
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- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 313 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Division of Cardiology, Children׳s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Group of Biomedical Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; Research Department, Fundación Cardioinfantil, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, 313 Ferst Dr., Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
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Sasikumar N, Ramanan S, Rema KMS, Subramanyan R, Kumar RS, Cherian KM. Pulmonary artery banding for univentricular heart beyond the neonatal period. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2013; 22:660-6. [DOI: 10.1177/0218492313503640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background It is standard practice to band the pulmonary artery at 2 to 4 weeks of age in patients with univentricular hearts with increased pulmonary blood flow. The behavior of patients banded beyond the neonatal period has not been well elucidated. Patients and methods This was a retrospective chart review of 32 consecutive patients (one neonate) who underwent pulmonary artery banding for functionally univentricular heart. The mean age at banding was 5.7 ± 6.0 months, and 34.4% were over 6-months old. Results Mortality was 15.6%. The mean systolic pulmonary artery pressure decreased from 43.6 ± 9.7 to 29.6 ± 7.0 mm Hg. The mean pre-discharge echocardiographic band gradient was 60.6 ± 13.6 mm Hg (mean systemic systolic pressure 73.7 ± 11.0 mm Hg) and systemic oxygen saturation was 81.7% ± 5.8%. At a mean follow-up period of 44.9 ± 30.0 months, 6 patients were lost to follow-up, 13 had undergone bidirectional Glenn shunt, and 7 had Fontan operations. Pulmonary artery mean pressure was 17.2 ± 4.6 mm Hg at pre-Glenn catheterization. Of the 5 patients who had not undergone further surgery, only one was inoperable. All were in functional class I or II. Conclusion Pulmonary artery banding beyond the neonatal period in suitable patients with univentricular hearts provides reasonable palliation in the intermediate term, with a significant number successfully undergoing Fontan stages.
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- Navaneetha Sasikumar
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair, Chennai, India
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair, Chennai, India
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair, Chennai, India
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair, Chennai, India
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair, Chennai, India
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Mogappair, Chennai, India
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Ding J, Liu Y, Wang F. Influence of bypass angles on extracardiac Fontan connections: a numerical study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2013; 29:351-362. [PMID: 23345174 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.2508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The extracardiac Fontan connection (EFC) is an effective treatment for congenital single ventricle heart defects. Numerous studies have sought to optimize the EFC design. However, the optimal design of EFC remains uncertain. This study aims to examine the influence of bypass angles between the inferior vena cava (IVC) and right pulmonary artery (RPA), and the angles between the IVC and superior vena cava (SVC), on hemodynamics. Furthermore, this study demonstrates a methodology for cardiovascular surgical planning. First, a three-dimensional anatomical geometry was reconstructed from the medical images of a patient with single ventricle heart defects. Second, based on haptic deformations, six computational models were virtually generated. Third, numerical simulations were conducted using computational fluid dynamics through the finite volume method. Finally, hemodynamic parameters were obtained and evaluated. The hemodynamic parameters, including the flow patterns, streamlines, and swirling flow, were obtained. Meanwhile, the energy loss and flow distributions of vena cava blood were calculated. First, the hepatic artery blood distribution to two lungs and the flow ratio of the left pulmonary artery to RPA are sensitive to the angle between the IVC and RPA and not to that between the IVC and SVC. Second, energy dissipation is mainly sensitive to the angle between the IVC and SVC and not to that between the IVC and RPA. Third, an appropriate increase in the angle between the IVC and RPA or that between the IVC and SVC may lead to optimal options. This study is useful for surgeons in evaluating optimal Fontan options.
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- Jinli Ding
- College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R., China
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Pekkan K, de Zélicourt D, Ge L, Sotiropoulos F, Frakes D, Fogel MA, Yoganathan AP. Physics-Driven CFD Modeling of Complex Anatomical Cardiovascular Flows?A TCPC Case Study. Ann Biomed Eng 2005; 33:284-300. [PMID: 15868719 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-005-1731-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recent developments in medical image acquisition combined with the latest advancements in numerical methods for solving the Navier-Stokes equations have created unprecedented opportunities for developing simple and reliable computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools for meeting patient-specific surgical planning objectives. However, for CFD to reach its full potential and gain the trust and confidence of medical practitioners, physics-driven numerical modeling is required. This study reports on the experience gained from an ongoing integrated CFD modeling effort aimed at developing an advanced numerical simulation tool capable of accurately predicting flow characteristics in an anatomically correct total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC). An anatomical intra-atrial TCPC model is reconstructed from a stack of magnetic resonance (MR) images acquired in vivo. An exact replica of the computational geometry was built using transparent rapid prototyping. Following the same approach as in earlier studies on idealized models, flow structures, pressure drops, and energy losses were assessed both numerically and experimentally, then compared. Numerical studies were performed with both a first-order accurate commercial software and a recently developed, second-order accurate, in-house flow solver. The commercial CFD model could, with reasonable accuracy, capture global flow quantities of interest such as control volume power losses and pressure drops and time-averaged flow patterns. However, for steady inflow conditions, both flow visualization experiments and particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements revealed unsteady, complex, and highly 3D flow structures, which could not be captured by this numerical model with the available computational resources and additional modeling efforts that are described. Preliminary time-accurate computations with the in-house flow solver were shown to capture for the first time these complex flow features and yielded solutions in good agreement with the experimental observations. Flow fields obtained were similar for the studied total cardiac output range (1-3 1/min); however hydrodynamic power loss increased dramatically with increasing cardiac output, suggesting significant energy demand at exercise conditions. The simulation of cardiovascular flows poses a formidable challenge to even the most advanced CFD tools currently available. A successful prediction requires a two-pronged, physics-based approach, which integrates high-resolution CFD tools and high-resolution laboratory measurements.
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- Kerem Pekkan
- Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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