A passive beating heart setup for interventional cardiology training

Autor: Granegger Marcus, Aigner Philipp, Kitzmüller Erwin, Stoiber Martin, Moscato Francesco, Michel-Behnke Ina, Schima Heinrich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 735-739 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2364-5504
DOI: 10.1515/cdbme-2016-0160
Popis: Realistic training of cardiologic interventions in a heart catheter laboratory is hardly achievable with simple tools and requires animal experiments. Therefore, first a simple mock circuit connected to a porcine heart mimicking the natural heart motion was developed. In a second step the setup was duplicated to drive both sides of the heart independently to generate motion and physiologic pressures and flows. Using this simple setup cardiologic interventions (arterial and ventricular septal defects ASD/VSD closure) were performed successfully and allowed realistic training under the C-arm, echocardiography, placement of catheters and repair of ASD/VSD. With the second setup flows of up to 4 l/min were achieved in both sides of the heart at maximum left and right ventricular pressures of 80 mm Hg and 30 mm Hg respectively. This method is inexpensive and represents a realistic alternative to training in animal experiments.
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