title: Fontan fenestration closure in the catheterization laboratory--echocardiographic evaluation of residual right to left shunts.
abstract: This study is a retrospective review using transthoracic echocardiography to assess the success of fenestration closure as well as residual right to left shunts in 35 patients who underwent Fontan fenestration closure in the catheterization laboratory. There is a high rate of closure of the Fontan fenestration; however, other residual right to left shunts are common.
authors.affiliation: Michigan Congenital Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mosca
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bove
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ludomirsky
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011184:Postoperative Period; D012189:Retrospective Studies