The Fontan type procedure in patients with visceral heterotaxy
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Improving results of the Fontan procedure in patients with heterotaxy syndrome.
BACKGROUND The Fontan operation in patients with heterotaxy syndrome has been associated with a poor prognosis. We studied whether the outcome of those patients with heterotaxy syndrome improved compared with those who did not have the syndrome after an extracardiac Fontan operation. METHODS A retrospective review was performed on 185 patients who had undergone an extracardiac Fontan operatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiology in the Young
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1047-9511,1467-1107
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100007034