Detection of unintentional partial superior vena cava occlusion during a bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 472-474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Ing ◽  
D.Scott Lawson ◽  
James Jaggers ◽  
Scott Schulman ◽  
Ian R. Shearer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Cavopulmonary Anastomosis ◽  
Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis

A Computational Pulsatile Model of the Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis: The Influence of Pulmonary Forward Flow

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (4) ◽  
pp. 520-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Migliavacca ◽  
Marc R. de Leval ◽  
Gabriele Dubini ◽  
Riccardo Pietrabissa
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Main Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Similar Distribution ◽  
Pulsatile Blood Flow ◽  
Cavopulmonary Anastomosis ◽  
Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis

The bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis (BCPA or bidirectional Glenn) is an operation to treat congenital heart diseases of the right heart by diverting the systemic venous return from the superior vena cava to both lungs. The main goal is to provide the correct perfusion to both lungs avoiding an excessive increase in systemic venous pressure. One of the factors which can affect the clinical outcome of the surgically reconstructed circulation is the amount of pulsatile blood flow coming from the main pulmonary artery. The purpose of this work is to analyse the influence of this factor on the BCPA hemodynamics. A 3-D finite element model of the BCPA has been developed to reproduce the flow of the surgically reconstructed district. Geometry and hemodynamic data have been taken from angiocardiogram and catheterization reports, respectively. On the basis of the developed 3-D model, four simulations have been performed with increasing pulsatile blood flow rate from the main pulmonary artery. The results show that hemodynamics in the pulmonary arteries are greatly influenced by the amount of flow through the native main pulmonary artery and that the flow from the superior vena cava allows to have a similar distribution of the blood to both lungs, with a little predilection for the left side, in agreement with clinical postoperative data.

A Case Report of Reconstruction of the Left Superior Vena Cava Using the Right Superior Vena Cava Autograft at Bilateral Bidirectional Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. NP63-NP65
Author(s):  
Shuichi Shiraishi ◽  
Ai Sugimoto ◽  
Jiyong Moon ◽  
Masashi Takahashi ◽  
Masanori Tsuchida
Keyword(s):  
Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Single Ventricle ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Graft Material ◽  
Left Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Single Ventricle Physiology ◽  
Cavopulmonary Anastomosis ◽  
The Right

The choice of graft material for reconstruction of the vena cava in pediatric patients remains controversial. We successfully treated an eight-month-old female patient with single ventricle physiology and long segment obstruction of the left superior vena cava using the right superior vena cava autograft at the time of bilateral bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. Postoperative computed tomography confirmed the patency of the reconstruction.

Bleeding Varices in the Upper Esophagus Due to Obstruction of the Superior Vena Cava

1961 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 505-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard W. Snodgrass ◽  
Sherman M. Mellinkoff
Keyword(s):  
Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Vena Cava

Significance of collateral vessels on the prediction of superior vena cava syndrome on CT

1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 704
Author(s):  
Hyun Sook Kim ◽  
Hyung Jin Kim ◽  
Hyeng Gon Lee ◽  
In Oak Ahn ◽  
Sung Hoon Chung
Keyword(s):  
Superior Vena Cava ◽  
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome ◽  
Superior Vena ◽  
Vena Cava ◽  
Vena Cava Syndrome ◽  
Collateral Vessels
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