The Fontan operation is a palliative surgical procedure performed on children, born with
congenital heart defects that have yielded only a single functioning ventricle. The total cavo …

The Fontan procedure is a palliative surgical technique that is used to treat patients with
congenital heart defects that include complex lesions such as those with a hypoplastic …

Background Appropriate choice of Fontan pathway requires keen preoperative examination
of angiographic anatomy. We hypothesize that surgical choices may be better informed by …

Univentricular heart disease is the leading cause of death from any birth defect in the first
year of life. Typically, patients have to undergo three open heart surgical procedures within …

The Fontan operation is a palliative surgical procedure performed on children born with
congenital defects of the heart that have yielded only a single functioning ventricle. The total …

OBJECTIVES AND BACKGROUND: In the Fontan circulation, pulmonary and systemic
vascular resistances are in series. The influence of various inferior vena cava to pulmonary …

Background: Postoperative outcomes of the Fontan operation have been linked to geometry
of the cavopulmonary pathway, including graft shape after implantation. Computational fluid …

Objective The current total cavopulmonary connection Fontan has competing inflows and
outflows, creating hemodynamic inefficiencies that contribute to Fontan failure and …

Single ventricle heart defects, where systemic and pulmonary venous returns mix in the
single functional ventricle, represent the most complex form of congenital heart defect …

Abstract Objective (s) The Fontan procedure is a common palliative intervention for sufferers
of single ventricle congenital heart defects that results in an anastomosis of the venous …