{"56403":{"#nid":"56403","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fontan Research from Yoganathan Lab Featured in Reuters Article","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMRI Simulation of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child\u0027s Heart Surgery\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EFox Business, Houston Chronicle, Biz Journals, etc\u003C\/em\u003E.)\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAjit Yoganathan\u0027s Fontan Research Featured in Reuters Article:\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric  cardiologists and surgeons at The Children\u0027s Hospital of Philadelphia, have developed a tool for virtual surgery that allows heart surgeons to view the predicted effects of different surgical approaches. By manipulating three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance images of a patient\u0027s specific anatomy, physicians can compare how alternative approaches affect blood flow and expected outcomes, and can select the best approach for each patient  before entering the operating room.  \u0022This tool helps us to get the best result for each patient,\u0022 said co-author  Mark A. Fogel, M.D., an associate professor of cardiology and radiology, and director of Cardiac MRI at The Children\u0027s Hospital of Philadelphia. \u0022The team can assess the different surgical options to achieve the best blood flow and the optimum mixture of blood, so we can maximize the heart\u0027s energy efficiency.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/pressRelease\/idUS181301+11-Aug-2009+PRN20090811\u0027\u003EView Article\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, collaborating with pediatric\ncardiologists and surgeons at The Children\u0027s Hospital of Philadelphia, have\ndeveloped a tool for virtual surgery that allows heart surgeons to view the\npredicted effects of different surgical approaches.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"MRI Simulation of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child\u0027s Heart Surgery"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2009-08-12 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:06","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-08-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2582","name":"Ajit Yoganathan"},{"id":"9520","name":"Children\\\u0027s Hospital of Philadelphia"},{"id":"9523","name":"Diane de Zelicourt"},{"id":"9521","name":"Fogel"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"9522","name":"Kartik Sundareswaran"},{"id":"9519","name":"MRI Simulation of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child\\\u0027s Heart Surgery"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cmitchell6\u0022\u003EContact Colly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5982\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}