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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Development of Mechanical Cardiovascular Assist Devices for Fontan Patients: Two Novel Approaches

Bhavsar, Sonya 22 April 2010 (has links)
Few therapeutic alternatives exist for patients with a failing single ventricle physiology. To address this need, this thesis project investigated two new therapeutic alternatives, which sought to positively augment the Fontan hemodynamics. The first modality introduced a non-invasive method of external pressure application to the lower extremities. A clinical study (n=2) was conducted, and results indicated an increase in flow as a consequence to an increase in transmural pressure in the lower extremities. The second modality investigated a minimally invasive blood pump. Numerical analyses of the pump were performed to examine hydraulic performance under physiologic conditions. The pump produced pressure rises of 1 to 25 mmHg over flows of 1 to 4 LPM, has a blood damage index less than 1% and was also found to successfully augment the hydraulic energy of the Fontan physiology. This work resulted in substantial progress to develop both modalities and address a significant human health problem.

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