Obstruction of lateral tunnel fontan by an adjustable occluder device.
Innovative ways of adjusting Fontan fenestrations have been developed over the last two decades. Long-term complications have not been described. We successfully treated one such complication of Fontan conduit obstruction due to an adjustable occluder device.
Biniwale
Reshma M
RM
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA. rbiniwale@chla.usc.edu
Wells
Winfield J
WJ
Herrington
Cynthia S
CS
Starnes
Vaughn A
VA
D000293:Adolescent; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012086:Reoperation; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000601:surgery*