Biventricular hearts not amenable to biventricular repair.
Many hearts, although considered morphologically biventricular, may not be candidates for a biventricular repair. Such patients are best placed on a Fontan algorithm. This article reviews in broad principles those hearts that, despite being biventricular, do not lend themselves to a two-ventricle repair.
Freedom
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RM
Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada.
Van Arsdell
G S
GS
D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans