The Fontan procedure refers to any operation that results in the flow of systemic venous
blood to the lungs without passing through a ventricle. It is performed to treat several …

The Fontan operation was designed to provide blood flow in series to the pulmonary and
systemic circulation without the requirement for a right ventricular pumping chamber. The …

The Fontan principle of redirecting systemic venous blood into the pulmonary arteries via a
conduit has now gained a much wider application than initially intended. We have applied …

The Fontan circulation results from routing of the systemic venous blood to the pulmonary
circulation without a hydraulic source of a ventricle. Although a hypertrophied right atrium …

The Fontan operation, originally described for the surgical management of tricuspid atresia,
is now the final surgery in the strategy of staged palliation for a number of different forms of …

It has been 50 years since Francis Fontan pioneered the operation that today bears his
name. Initially designed for patients with tricuspid atresia, this procedure is now offered for a …

In a normal biventricular heart, the systemic and pulmonary circulations are in series and
each circulation is supported by a ventricle. In patients born with a single ventricular …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to describe the functional outcome of a large
number of patients after modifications of the Fontan operation and to investigate …

From 1975 to the present, 45 patients have undergone modifications of the Fontan
procedure for complex congenital heart disease. There were 30 males and 15 females …

The 'Fontan circulation'has evolved to include a variety of surgical procedures designed to
overcome the absence of two distinct ventricular chambers. 1 w1ew3 Inherent to this …