Fontan operation as the current standard of care for the palliation of single ventricle defects
results in significant late complications. Using a mechanical circulatory device for the right …

Fontan patients often develop circulatory failure and are in desperate need of a therapeutic
solution. A blood pump surgically placed in the cavopulmonary pathway can substitute the …

Objectives Adult patients who have undergone the Fontan procedure are highly vulnerable
to gradual, progressive circulatory failure, and options to reverse this situation are few. A …

In patients with a single ventricle, failure of the cardiovascular system may be prevented by
substituting the missing sub-pulmonary ventricle with a pump. The aim of this study was to …

A novel cavopulmonary assist strategy with a multi-lumen cannula powered by an external
centrifugal pump is proposed for use in failing Fontan patients. Steady-state computational …

Objective Mechanical circulatory support devices using continuous flow blood pump
technologies are currently being developed to provide cavopulmonary support in patients …

A cavopulmonary assist device (CPAD) has been developed for failing Fontan support. This
CPAD pumps blood from superior/inferior vena cavae (SVC/IVC) to pulmonary artery. In this …

This numerical study examined the performance of an intravascular axial flow blood pump
for mechanical hemodynamic support of patients in the setting of Fontan failure, which …

A blood pump specifically designed to augment flow from the great veins through the lungs
would ameliorate the poor physiology of the failing univentricular circulation and result in a …

Patients with single ventricle defects undergoing the Fontan procedure eventually face
Fontan failure. Long-term cavopulmonary assist devices using rotary pump technologies are …