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a study of mathematical modelling of the competitions of flow in the cavopulmonary anastomosis with persistent forward flow

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2005

francesco migliavacca ,
giancarlo pennati ,
gabriele dubini  and
marc r. de leval
francesco migliavacca
Affiliation:
bioengineering department and laboratory of biological structure mechanics, politecnico di milano, milan, italy
giancarlo pennati
Affiliation:
bioengineering department and laboratory of biological structure mechanics, politecnico di milano, milan, italy
gabriele dubini
Affiliation:
structural engineering and laboratory of biological structure mechanics, politecnico di milano, milan, italy
marc r. de leval
Affiliation:
cardiothoracic unit, great ormond street hospital for children nhs trust, london, great britain
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Abstract

among the operations which lead to a partial rerouting of the systemic venous return into the pulmonary arteries, the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis is frequently utilised in the staged surgical management of patients with functionally univentricular hearts. whereas some surgeons insist on closing any other source of pulmonary blood flow while performing a bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, others maintain patency of either a stenosed native pulmonary outflow tract, or of a systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunt. it remains controversial as to whether an additional source of pulmonary arterial blood flow can safely and usefully be left at the time of the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis to increase systemic saturation, or whether it should be eliminated to reduce the volume load on the ventricle.

Keywords

congenital heart diseasesbidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosishaemodynamicscomputer model
Type
original article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue S3 , October 2004 , pp. 32 - 37
Copyright
2004 cambridge university press

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