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MULTISCALE COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS HEMODYNAMICS MODELING AS AN AID TO SURGICAL TREATMENT PLANNING

 

Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)

  • HLHS is a subset of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) where there exists an under-developed left heart, particularly the Left Ventricle (LV)
  • 960 (or 1/4,344) babies born with HLHS every year in the United States alone1
  • Cause is largely unknown
  • Surgical intervention is mandatory within the first week of birth
  • 3-stage surgical procedure spanning the first ~3 years of life

 

 

Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)


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