Forty years of the Fontan operation: a failed strategy.
Rychik
Jack
J
Fetal Heart Program, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St. and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. rychik@email.chop.edu
D001991:Bronchitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017211:Treatment Failure