In Vitro Evaluation of Hemodynamic Performance for Right Ventricular Outflow Tract RVOT Reconstruction with Trileaflet ePTFE Valved Conduit

...Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has evolved as most exciting development surgical strategy with dysfunctional right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduits. ... ...The purpose of this study is to investigate the hemodynamic and functional consequences of the new design using a mock circulation system... … vasculature. Blood pressures and flows are driven by a digitally controlled hydraulic piston pump (ViViTro Labs Inc., Super Pump System, Victor, BC) to produce pulsatile waves with heart rates of 60 and 80 beats/min from ARV to ARA …