Unlike IVC occlusion, prolonged SVC occlusion maintains systemic blood pressure and improves cardiac output. This allows for sustained unloading of both the ...

Inhibition of reflux of blood from the superior vena cava into the internal jugular vein by this valve is the most plausible cause of this disparity.4. The ...

The hemodynamic device includes sensors to minimally invasively measure the velocity of blood flow in the superior vena cava, central venous blood pressures, ...

The purpose was to connect the pulmonary arteries (PAs) with the systemic arteries or with the SVC so as to try and augment the pulmonary blood flow. These ...

Fontan procedures are completed in two stages. the first stage involves redirecting blood flow from the upper body through the superior vena cava so that the ...

Locate structures in the right atrium · Right auricle · Pectinate mm. · Opening of coronary sinus · Opening of superior vena cava · Opening of inferior vena cava.

A61M1/3623 Means for actively controlling temperature of blood. A HUMAN ... superior vena cava to the heart. In some non-limiting embodiments the venous ...

In yet another embodiment, when the elongated body is advanced from a brachiocephalic vein to a superior vena cava within the patient's vasculature, the voltage ...

BMC Medical Genomics 15 (1), 91, 2022. 11, 2022. Right‐sided infective ... Persistent left superior vena cava in atrial septal defect sinus venosus ...

... superior vena cava (SVC) or jugular). For placement of the tip 5 within the jugular, typically the balloon 9 is positioned about 10 cm to about 15 cm distal ...

... superior vena cava into the heart. In one embodiment, the energy curve is ... The method for locating as defined in claim 4 , wherein the medical device is a ...

catheter is defined as a medical ... Tufts Medical Center, Inc. Systems and methods for selectively occluding the superior vena cava for treating heart conditions.

... cardiac output measurement; and peripheral blood flow measurement in medical ... (b) blood flow rate sensing means positionable in the superior vena cava or ...

210000002620 vena cava superior Anatomy 0.000 description 1; 238000013022 ... the injectate is warmed up in the sensor housing by means of the body heat ...

The catheter assembly is gently pulled out of the SVC and into the RA until the tip rests within the fossa ovalis (FO), a small, thin membrane separating the RA ...

A61B5/0215 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels by means inserted into the body ... Systems and methods for selectively occluding the superior vena cava ...

... Superior Vena Cava Greenfield Filters", Journal of Vascular Surgery, Nov. ... et al., "Pulmonary Embolism in Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Is Vena Cava ...

Also, as used herein, the term “hook” means a member configured to engage a blood vessel wall, examples of which are provided in U.S. Pat. No. 6,258,026, which ...

8A: Cardiac nerve stimulation in the superior vena cava (SVC). Surface ECG ... This can be monitored by any means, including recording from the heart to observe a ...

... mean pressure differential in order to manifest an effective ... adjusting blood flow impedance through the superior vena cava; iv. adjusting ...