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Numerical Modeling of Blood Flows in Rotary Pumps for Use in Pediatric Heart Surgery in Patients Undergoing the Fontan Procedure

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We present results from the first stage of numerical modeling of implanted rotary blood pumps which can be used in pediatric heart surgery in patients undergoing the Fontan procedure. Two three-dimensional models of pumps − the centrifugal and axial types − were constructed. Head pressure-flow characteristics were obtained for each model and the effects of pump geometry on blood flow at an operating point of 2.5 L/min were evaluated. Stagnation zones were identified by quantitative assessment of the volume of fluid with flow rates of 0-0.1 m/s. The distribution of flow lines was used to identify vortex zones. Numerical modeling of fluid flow in pumps was run in Fluent ANSYS 19.0 computational fluid dynamics software.

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  1. Institute of Biomedical Systems, National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET), Zelenograd, Russia

    D. V. Telyshev, M. V. Denisov & S. V. Selishchev

  2. Institute for Bionic Technologies and Engineering, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia

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Translated from Meditsinskaya Tekhnika, Vol. 52, No. 6, Nov.-Dec., 2018, pp. 32-35.

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Telyshev, D.V., Denisov, M.V. & Selishchev, S.V. Numerical Modeling of Blood Flows in Rotary Pumps for Use in Pediatric Heart Surgery in Patients Undergoing the Fontan Procedure. Biomed Eng 52, 407–411 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10527-019-09857-5

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