It has been 50 years since Francis Fontan designed the operation that today is offered for a
wide range of congenital cardiac lesions with a univentricular physiology. As a result of …

These innovative procedures offer the potential of an alternative management strategy for
hypoplastic left heart syndrome. They have been applied to a very limited number of patients …

Objective: There are several modifications introduced in the preparation for a subsequent
non-surgical transcatheter completion of the Fontan procedure. We report our experience …

Despite advances in percutaneous interventions, transcatheter Fontan completion remains
experimental and performed only in select cases. Non‐surgical Fontan completion requires …

A trend toward use of less invasive, nonsurgical approaches to the treatment of congenital
heart disease has developed. Although transcatheter valve replacements and ventricular …

In the preceding five chapters, the so-called “5 Ts”, namely transposition of the great arteries,
tetralogy of Fallot, tricuspid atresia, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and …

Purpose: We report a simple technique for an interventional extracardiac Fontan (ECF)
procedure. Description: At the preparatory stage along with a bidirectional cavopulmonary …

Techniques to reduce surgical trauma for congenital heart repairs continue to evolve in
tandem with advances in the more conventional protection strategies. The concept of chest …

BACKGROUND: We report early results of surgical preparation and subsequent
percutaneous Fontan completion strategy for the treatment of single-ventricle defects …

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