title: A prelude to Fontan.
abstract: In the decades preceding the Fontan operation, there was an intensive experimental and clinical quest to bypass the right heart. Whereas right heart bypass was successfully achieved in animal experiments, clinically only partial bypass (superior cava-right pulmonary artery anastomosis) was applied successfully. This intensive experimental and clinical activity provided the background for the Fontan operation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Carolinas Heart Institute, Carolinas Medical Center and Heineman Medical Research Laboratories, 1001 Blythe Blvd., Suite 300, Charlotte, NC 28203, USA. Francis.Robicsek@carolinashealthcare.org
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Robicsek
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000266:history; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans