Fontan completion without surgery.

Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Center, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.

Published: September 2004

An ideal Fontan procedure would minimize complications while maximizing flow dynamics through the circuit. We report our early experience with a new combined surgical/transcatheter approach which enables a nonoperative, transcatheter Fontan completion. The conceptual rationale of this management strategy, as well as surgical and catheterization techniques, are discussed.

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