Fontan operation and the single ventricle.
The Fontan operation has gone through multiple incarnations since Fontan and Baudet's initial description in 1971. Through the medical dossier of a patient with a single ventricle, we plot the history of medical, surgical, and percutaneous interventions over the past 40 years, specifically focusing on the Fontan procedure, its development, indications, sequelae, and complications. Cardiac computed tomography with angiography is highlighted as a noninvasive imaging tool for the evaluation of the complex Fontan circulation.
AboulHosn
Jamil A
JA
Ahmanson-UCLA Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA. JAboulhosn@mednet.ucla.edu
Shavelle
David M
DM
Castellon
Yelba
Y
Criley
John Michael
JM
Plunkett
Mark
M
Pelikan
Peter
P
Dinh
Howard
H
Child
John S
JS
D000790:Angiocardiography; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed