Fenestration Improves Clinical Outcome of the Fontan Procedure
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Fenestration improves clinical outcome of the fontan procedure: a prospective, randomized study.
BACKGROUND The Fontan procedure is the definitive operation for palliation of complex congenital heart disease with single-ventricle physiology. Fenestration of the Fontan circuit allows for shunting of deoxygenated blood to the systemic circulation. This procedure improved the clinical outcomes of patients who are at high risk for poor Fontan results. However, it is controversial whether fenes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/hc0202.102237