Xudong Liu1, Yunhan Cai1, Bing Jia2, Shengzhang Wang1,*, Guanghong Ding1
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.116, No.2, pp. 215-228, 2018, DOI: 10.31614/cmes.2018.04158
Abstract Our study evaluated the hemodynamic performance of an axial flow blood pump surgically implanted in idealized total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) models. This blood pump was designed to augment pressure from the inferior vena cava (IVC) to the pulmonary circulation. Two Fontan procedures with single and bilateral superior vena cava (SVC) were compared to fit the mechanical supported TCPC physiologies. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses of two Pump-TCPC models were performed in the analyses. Pressure-flow characteristics, energy efficiency, fluid streamlines, hemolysis and thrombosis analyses were implemented. Numerical simulations indicate that the pump produces pressure generations of 1 mm to 24 mm… More >
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