Sherif Negm^1,2, Loic Mace¹, Fedoua El Louali³, Beatrice Desnous⁴, Philipe Aldebert³, Virginie Fouilloux¹, Marien Lenoir^1,*

Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.19, No.3, pp. 267-273, 2024, DOI:10.32604/chd.2024.051642

Abstract The aorto-ventricular tunnel is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. We present a case of aorto-ventricular tunnel diagnosed via fetal echocardiography. Emergency surgery was performed on the 2nd day of life to close the tunnel, located just in front of the right coronary ostium, due to the patient’s unstable health condition. The postoperative period revealed complete occlusion of the right coronary artery. Due to the patient’s stability, we opted not to reintervene on the right coronary artery. The patient fully recovered without the need for further coronary intervention. In cases of patients with an aorto-ventricular tunnel More >

Biyue Liu¹

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.1, No.1, pp. 35-40, 2007, DOI:10.3970/icces.2007.001.035

Abstract It is well known that the Reynolds number has a significant effect on the blood flow in human arteries. We developed a three dimensional model with simplified geometry for a diseased right coronary artery segment to study the influence of the Reynolds number on the flow pattern in a stenotic coronary artery. Computations were carried out under physiological flow conditions to examine how the characteristics of the flow, such as the flow velocity and the pressure drop along the inner wall, change corresponding to the varying of the blood viscosity or to the varying of More >