title: Extracardiac Fontan with direct cavopulmonary connections.
abstract: In order to optimize the Fontan circulation, a technique for direct superior and inferior cavopulmonary connections was devised. Such pathways retain growth potential, obviate suture lines within the right atrium, and avoid prosthetic implants. They thus enable definitive, single-stage ventricular unloading, regardless of patient size or great artery position.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA. rmck07@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Roxane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McKay
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dearani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome