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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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PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY MEASUREMENTS OF THE TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION WITH CIRCULATORY FLOW AUGMENTATION

Chopski, Steven 22 April 2010 (has links)
This thesis project examined the interactive fluid dynamics between a blood pump and the univentricular Fontan circulation. 2-D particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were conducted on an idealized total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) with an axial pump prototype in the inferior vena cava (IVC). Fluid velocity profiles were examined under various physiologic conditions for Fontan patients. The velocity profiles for all cases demonstrated the shunting of flow from the IVC toward the right pulmonary artery. A rotational component in the pump outflow was observed forcing flow to the periphery as compared to the flow profile without a pump present in the IVC. The inclusion of the pump provides a pressure rise of 3 to 9 mmHg. These results demonstrate the ability of the intravascular blood pump to support a Fontan circulation and support the continued optimization and development of the pump.

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