OBJECTIVE: In a univentricular Fontan circulation, modest augmentation of existing cavopulmonary pressure head (2-5 mm Hg) would reduce systemic venous pressure, increase ventricular filling, and thus substantially improve circulatory status. An ideal means of providing mechanical cavopulmonary support does not exist. We hypothesized that a viscous impeller pump, based on the von Kármán viscous pump principle, is optimal for this role. METHODS: A 3-dimensional computational model of the total cavopulmonary connection was created. The impeller was represented as a smooth 2-sided conical actuator disk with rotation in the vena caval axis. Flow was modeled under 3 conditions: (1) passive flow with no disc; (2) passive flow with a nonrotating disk, and (3) induced flow with disc rotation (0-5K rpm). Flow patterns and hydraulic performance were examined for each case. Hydraulic performance for a vaned impeller was assessed by measuring pressure increase and induced flow over 0 to 7K rpm in a laboratory mock loop. RESULTS: A nonrotating actuator disc stabilized cavopulmonary flow, reducing power loss by 88%. Disk rotation (from baseline dynamic flow of 4.4 L/min) resulted in a pressure increase of 0.03 mm Hg. A further increase in pressure of 5 to 20 mm Hg and 0 to 5 L/min flow was obtained with a vaned impeller at 0 to 7K rpm in a laboratory mock loop. CONCLUSIONS: A single viscous impeller pump stabilizes and augments cavopulmonary flow in 4 directions, in the desired pressure range, without venous pathway obstruction. A viscous impeller pump applies to the existing staged protocol as a temporary bridge-to-recovery or -transplant in established univentricular Fontan circulations and may enable compressed palliation of single ventricle without the need for intermediary surgical staging or use of a systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunt. 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
OBJECTIVE: In a univentricular Fontan circulation, modest augmentation of existing cavopulmonary pressure head (2-5 mm Hg) would reduce systemic venous pressure, increase ventricular filling, and thus substantially improve circulatory status. An ideal means of providing mechanical cavopulmonary support does not exist. We hypothesized that a viscous impeller pump, based on the von Kármán viscous pump principle, is optimal for this role. METHODS: A 3-dimensional computational model of the total cavopulmonary connection was created. The impeller was represented as a smooth 2-sided conical actuator disk with rotation in the vena caval axis. Flow was modeled under 3 conditions: (1) passive flow with no disc; (2) passive flow with a nonrotating disk, and (3) induced flow with disc rotation (0-5K rpm). Flow patterns and hydraulic performance were examined for each case. Hydraulic performance for a vaned impeller was assessed by measuring pressure increase and induced flow over 0 to 7K rpm in a laboratory mock loop. RESULTS: A nonrotating actuator disc stabilized cavopulmonary flow, reducing power loss by 88%. Disk rotation (from baseline dynamic flow of 4.4 L/min) resulted in a pressure increase of 0.03 mm Hg. A further increase in pressure of 5 to 20 mm Hg and 0 to 5 L/min flow was obtained with a vaned impeller at 0 to 7K rpm in a laboratory mock loop. CONCLUSIONS: A single viscous impeller pump stabilizes and augments cavopulmonary flow in 4 directions, in the desired pressure range, without venous pathway obstruction. A viscous impeller pump applies to the existing staged protocol as a temporary bridge-to-recovery or -transplant in established univentricular Fontan circulations and may enable compressed palliation of single ventricle without the need for intermediary surgical staging or use of a systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunt. 2010 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.
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