Extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.

Laschinger, J C; Ringel, R E; Brenner, J I; McLaughlin, J S · Ann Thorac Surg · 1992

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the case of a 6-year-old child who underwent definitive conversion to the Fontan circulation using a newly conceived operative technique. This new procedure allows the operation to be performed as a totally extracardiac operation and is based on the hydrodynamic principles of the total cavopulmonary connection.

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