...Shreyas Sarfare; MD Shujan Ali; Alan Palazzolo; Mark Rodefeld; Tim Conover; Richard Figliola; Guruprasad Giridharan; Richard Wampler; Edward Bennett; Artem Ivashchenko Head-flow HQ curves for a Fontan cavopulmonary assist device (CPAD) were measured using a blood surrogate in a mock circulatory...

...David R. Rutkowski; Rafael Medero; Timothy A. Ruesink; Alejandro Roldán-Alzate The Fontan procedure is a successful palliation for single ventricle defect. Yet, a number of complications still occur in Fontan patients due to abnormal blood flow dynamics, necessitating improved flow analysis...

..., and are uniformly fatal if left untreated. Typically, a three-staged surgical course, consisting of the Norwood, Glenn, and Fontan surgeries is performed, after which the superior vena cava (SVC) and inferior vena cava (IVC) are directly connected to the pulmonary arteries (PA). In an attempt to improve hemodynamic...

...J. C. Masters; M. Ketner; M. S. Bleiweis; M. Mill; A. Yoganathan; C. L. Lucas Background —The total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC), a palliative correction for congenital defects of the right heart, is based on the corrective technique developed by Fontan and Baudet. Research into the TCPC has...