Fontan completion without surgery.
An ideal Fontan procedure would minimize complications while maximizing flow dynamics through the circuit. We report our early experience with a new combined surgical/transcatheter approach which enables a nonoperative, transcatheter Fontan completion. The conceptual rationale of this management strategy, as well as surgical and catheterization techniques, are discussed.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Center, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
Mark
M
Galantowicz
John P
JP
Cheatham
D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome