Extracardiac Fontan operation with tube fenestration allowing transcatheter coil occlusion.

Sanatani, S; Sett, S S; Human, D G; Culham, J A; LeBlanc, J G · Ann Thorac Surg · 1998

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A fenestration may improve the immediate postoperative course after a Fontan procedure by preserving the cardiac output. We describe a simple and safe technique of fenestration amenable to coil occlusion, which can be carried out in most cardiac catheterization laboratories.

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