Modified Fontan operation with reconstruction of the nonconfluent pulmonary artery.
A modification of the Fontan operation for tricuspid atresia with a nonconfluent pulmonary artery after a Glenn shunt is reported. Confluence was established posteriorly using an inverted right atrial flap and anteriorly with a xenopericardial patch.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nomura
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Kurosawa
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Hashimoto
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Mizuno
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Yamagishi
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery