Extracardiac Fontan operation with tube fenestration allowing transcatheter coil occlusion.
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.
Department of Radiology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.
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Sanatani
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Sett
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Culham
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LeBlanc
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery