Conference proceeding
Mechanical Assistance for the Fontan Circulation Using an Intravascular Axial Flow Blood Pump
ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B, pp 615-616
16 Jun 2010
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Abstract
Research indicates that an afterload reducing agent improves ventricular-vascular interactions and Fontan hemodynamics [1]. Few such therapeutic alternatives exist for the failing Fontan patient beyond conventional pharmacologic therapy. To address this need for therapeutic options, we are developing an intravascular, magnetically levitated axial flow blood pump to support the total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) of a failing Fontan in adolescent and adult patients [1,2]. Our pump is designed to provide mechanical pressure augmentation of blood flow from the inferior vena cava (IVC) to the lungs, thus improving systemic venous pressure and increasing ventricular filling.
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- Title
- Mechanical Assistance for the Fontan Circulation Using an Intravascular Axial Flow Blood Pump
- Creators
- Sonya S Bhavsar - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityWilliam B Moskowitz - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAmy L Throckmorton - Virginia Commonwealth UniversityASME
- Publication Details
- ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B, pp 615-616
- Conference
- ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference (Naples, Florida, USA, 16 Jun 2010–19 Jun 2010)
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Number of pages
- 1
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000290705300308
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84893728625
- Other Identifier
- 991019280183504721
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