Fontan procedure


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Fontan procedure

 [faw-tah´]
functional correction of a tricuspid atresia by anastomosis of, or insertion of a nonvalved prosthesis between, the right atrium and the pulmonary artery with closure of the interatrial communication.

Fon·tan pro·ce·dure

(fon-tān'),
placement of a conduit (usually valved) from the right atrium to the main pulmonary artery as a bypass to a hypoplastic right ventricle, as in tricuspid atresia.
Synonym(s): Fontan operation

Fontan procedure

A surgical procedure for toddlers (children aged 3 to 5), who have hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, which creates a cavopulmonary shunt with a lateral tunnel, deviating blood from the inferior vena cava to the pulmonary artery, bypassing the right ventricle.

Fontan,

François, French thoracic surgeon, 1929–.
Fontan operation - Synonym(s): Fontan procedure
Fontan procedure - placement of a conduit (usually valved) from the right atrium to the main pulmonary artery as a bypass to a hypoplastic right ventricle, as in tricuspid atresia. Synonym(s): Fontan operation

Fontan procedure

a method for repair of pulmonic stenosis in which a valved conduit is placed between the right atrium and the pulmonic artery.
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In this four and a half year study period, a total of 34 patients underwent Fontan procedure.
Feasibility of the extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure in patients weighing less than 10 kilograms.
Outcome of 200 patients after an extracardiac Fontan procedure.
Experience of fontan surgery at Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology/National Institute of Heart Diseases (AFIC-NIHD)
The possible causes of tachyarrhythmia and bradyarrhythmia following the Fontan procedure may include damage to the sinoatrial (SA) node or the artery, extensive atrial suture lines and incisions, and exposure of the atrial myocardium to prolonged high pressure.
While a preoperative mean pulmonary artery pressure of >10 mmHg and a preoperative right atrial pressure of >5 mmHg were the risk factors for postoperative arrhythmia in patients undergoing Fontan procedure, the right or left ventricular dominance was not a risk factor.
Risk factors for postoperative arrhythmia in patients with physiologic univentricular hearts undergoing Fontan procedure/Fontan sirkulasyonu yapilmis fizyolojik univentrikuler kalplerde postoperatif aritmi icin risk faktorleri
Equivalent survival following cavopulmonary shunt: with or without the Fontan procedure.
Pulmonary artery banding operation and results of terminal biventricular and univentricular repair/Pulmoner arter bant ameliyati ve sonrasinda biventrikuler ve univentrikuler tamir sonuclari
We report here a successful treatment of persistent pleural effusion after the extracardiac Fontan procedure with high dose octreotide.
Fenestration is a modification of the extracardiac Fontan procedure, which allows right to left shunting and is closely related with low morbidity and mortality (7, 8).
High-dose octreotide treatment for persistent pleural effusion after the extracardiac Fontan procedure/Ekstrakardiyak Fontan islemi sonrasinda gelisen persistan pleural efuzyonun tedavisinde yuksek doz oktreotid
Surgical alternatives to the Fontan procedure incorporating a hypolastic right ventricle.
Erek E, Yalcinbas Y, Salihoglu E, Ozturk N, Sarioglu A, Sarioglu T: Extracardiac and lateral tunnel Fontan conversions for late problems after Fontan procedures.
Bir bucuk ventrikul tamirinin erken-orta donem sonuclari/Early-mid term results of the one and a half ventricle repair
A recent study of 243 children who underwent Fontan procedures and biventricular repairs confirms her observations.
Impairment common in congenital heart disease. (Severe Developmental Problems Rare)
However, patients with transposition of the great arteries or single ventricle who have undergone Mustard, Senning, or Fontan procedures are more prone to develop this arrhythmia because of atrial scars from surgery and right atrial enlargement (1, 2).
Intractable atrial flutter presented with severe bradycardia in an infant/Sut cocuklugu doneminde ciddi bradikardi ile ortaya cikan tedaviye yanitsiz atriyal flatter olgusu

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