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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;88:565-573. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.109
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Original Articles: Pediatric Cardiac

Optimal Conduit Size of the Extracardiac Fontan Operation Based on Energy Loss and Flow Stagnation

Keiichi Itatani, MDa, Kagami Miyaji, MD, PhDa,*, Takahiro Tomoyasu, MDa, Yayoi Nakahata, MDb, Kuniyoshi Ohara, MD, PhDa, Shinichi Takamoto, MD, PhDc, Masahiro Ishii, MD, PhDb

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
b Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
c Department of Cardiac Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Accepted for publication April 28, 2009.

* Address correspondence to Dr Miyaji, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 225-8555, Japan (Email: kagami111{at}aol.com).

Presented at the Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, Jan 26–28, 2009.

Background: In the extracardiac Fontan operation, larger conduits are used when considering the patients' growth rate. However, larger conduits may cause inefficient flow due to turbulence or stagnation, resulting in late problems such as thrombosis or stenosis. Our objective was to reveal the physiologic effects of respiration and exercise using numerical models, based on the energy loss and flow stagnation, and to determine optimal conduit size.

Methods: For the Fontan operation, a conduit from 14 to 22 mm was created based on angiographic data from 17 Fontan patients (mean age, 36.0 months; mean body surface area, 0.53 m2). Respiratory-driven flow of the superior and inferior vena cava was determined at rest and during exercise on two levels (0.5 and 1.0 W/kg) by magnetic resonance imaging flow studies. Flow stagnation was defined as the volume of the region where flow velocity was less than 0.01 m/second at both the expiratory and inspiratory phases.

Results: In larger conduits, backward flow at the expiratory phase was prominent. Energy loss was small even during exercise, but the change was slightly larger between 14 and 16 mm than other conduit sizes (14 mm, 5.759 mW; 16 mm, 4.881 mW; and 22 mm, 4.199 mW during 1.0 W/kg exercise). Stagnation volume at the expiratory phase increased with an increase of conduit size (14 mm, 9.20% vs 22 mm, 33.9% conduit volume at rest).

Conclusions: Fontan circulation is a low-energy system even during exercise. Larger conduits were proven to have redundant spaces, thus 16 and 18 mm conduits were optimal.






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