Results From August, 2010 to July, 2015, 45 children (median age 3.6 years, range 1.5 18.9 years) have undergone a Y-graft Fontan. In all 45 patients, echocardiography was unable to visualize the Y-arm connections to the branch PA’s. Thirty-nine patients underwent CMR a median of 9 days after Fontan (range 4-295 days), and 6 patients with pacemakers underwent CTA. Early in the experience, time ...

SUMMARY Eleven childrern with uncomplicated transposition of the great arteries repaired by the Mustard procedure were studied by atrial pacing, cardiac catheterization, and ciiieangiography. Nine had persistent postoperative ectopic cardiac rhythms. Atrial pacing in five suggested sinus node damage in four and A-V junctional conduction tissue damage in one. In seven children dye-dilution curve...

In this paper, a series of numerical experiments are carried out on the anti-scour device combined with perforated baffle and ring-wing plate. addition, optimal dimensions location obtained: The ratio is S = 20%, distance from center bridge pier L 2d (d diameter pier), plate located at H 1/3h (h water depth). To verify effect device, scour characteristics flow field further investigated. Compar...

Flow in a circular pipe fitted with segmental baffles may be treated as a shellwithout-tube system. Its pressure drop has been calculated by adapting the Kern correlation [1] for pressure drop in the shell side of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. The Kern correlation is essentially based on the Hagen – Poiseuille equation for laminar flow, but flow visualization results presented here show that ...

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Abstract The prestressed anchor cable can improve the overall stability of rock and soil mass slope, thereby improving mechanical properties mass, better control structural displacement, achieve purpose reducing landslides, dangerous rocks rocks. At same time, pre-stressed construction is convenient, fast in progress, economical, has a broad application space. Based on actual engineering backgr...

The flow in a double-suction twin-volute five-stage centrifugal pump is studied numerically using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) calculations. performance at various rates obtained are compared with the theoretically results. deterioration were investigated to find losses associated design of components. stage-wise analysis revealed hydraulic second-stage impeller due highly swirled exiting...