Open AccessFrom Theory to Practice
Author(s) -
Doff B. McElhinney,
David F. Teitel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.647909
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , superior vena cava , venous blood , inferior vena cava , venous return curve , cardiology , hemodynamics
to explore the complexrelationship between blood flow, arterial and venous oxygencontent, and tissue oxygenation in patients with a bidirec-tional cavopulmonary shunt (BCPS). The BCPS is a uniqueand inherently inefficient circulatory arrangement that is usedin the staged palliation of complex, functionally univentric-ular heart defects. In this circulation, pulmonary blood flow(Q
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