A new method to fenestrate the Fontan circulation - The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular
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T he Fontan procedure is effective in separating the systemic and pulmonary venous return,
thus improving the systemic arterial oxygen saturation and decreasing the volume load of …

Background. The modified Fontan procedure for patients with only one well-formed ventricle
is now widely regarded as palliative, not curative. Methods. To improve the surgical …

As the extracardiac Fontan operation evolves, a reliable method for creating and
subsequently closing communications between the systemic and pulmonary venous …

In 90 patients with characteristics placing them at increased risk for a Fontan operation, a
fenestration was created in the atrial baffle at the time of the Fontan repair. The rational was …

Five high-risk patients undergoing the Fontan operation required large fenestration (1 cm)
because of high central venous pressure and low cardiac output. Because of major arterial …

Twenty-six patients with tricuspid atresia (15), univentricular heart (7), and Single ventricle
(4) underwent 27 Fontan or modified Fontan procedures between 1975 and 1981. The age …

BACKGROUND. The fenestrated Fontan operation has been applied to high-risk patients
with univentricular hearts, resulting in improved survival. The purpose of this study was to …

The Fontan procedure has two basic components. The systemic venous return must be
connected to the pulmonary arteries and separated from the pulmonary venous return. In his …

Since the late 1980 s, essentially all Fontan operations at Children's Hospital Boston have
been done using a fenestrated technique. The rationale behind this modification is as …