 Fontan Procedure
"Fontan Procedure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
| Descriptor ID |
D018729
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.035.410.295 E04.100.376.410.295 E04.100.376.724.500 E04.100.814.868.875.295 E04.928.220.370.295 E04.928.220.560.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Fontan Procedure- Fontan Procedure
- Procedure, Fontan
- Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
- Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
- Norwood Procedure, Stage III
- Fontan Operation
- Operation, Fontan
- Stage III Norwood Procedure
Hemi-Fontan Procedure- Hemi-Fontan Procedure
- Hemi Fontan Procedure
- Procedure, Hemi-Fontan
- Norwood Procedure, Stage 2
- Bidirectional Glenn Shunt
- Bidirectional Glenn Shunts
- Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional
- Glenn Shunts, Bidirectional
- Shunt, Bidirectional Glenn
- Shunts, Bidirectional Glenn
- Stage II Norwood Procedure
- Bidirectional Glenn Procedure
- Bidirectional Glenn Procedures
- Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional
- Glenn Procedures, Bidirectional
- Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn
- Procedures, Bidirectional Glenn
- Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt
- Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts
- Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional
- Cavopulmonary Shunts, Bidirectional
- Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary
- Shunts, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary
- Norwood Procedure, Stage II
- Stage 2 Norwood Procedure
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| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fontan Procedure" by people in Profiles.
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Mohammad Nijres B, Taqatqa AS, Mubayed L, Jutzy GJ, Abdulla RI, Diab KA, Nguyen HH, Muller BA, Sosnowski CR, Murphy JJ, Vettukattil J, Kaley VR, Marckini DN, Samuel BP, Abdelhady K, Awad S. Determination of the Frequency of Right and Left Internal Mammary Artery Embolization in Single Ventricle Patients: A Two-Center Study. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Dec; 39(8):1657-1662.
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Abdulla RI. A Shift in Focus. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 06; 39(5):857-858.
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Mohammad Nijres B, Murphy JJ, Diab K, Awad S, Abdulla RI. Routine Cardiac Catheterization Prior to Fontan Operation: Is It a Necessity? Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Apr; 39(4):818-823.
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Miranda C, Taqatqa A, Chapa-Rodriguez A, Holton JP, Awad SM. The Use of Fecal Calprotectin Levels in the Fontan population. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Mar; 39(3):591-594.
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Yeong M, Bedair R, Baumbach A, Caputo M, Manghat N, Turner M. First successful trans-catheter aortic-valve replacement for native aortic stenosis in atrio-pulmonary Fontan. Int J Cardiol. 2016 Nov 01; 222:963-964.
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Awad S, Abdelhady K. Coronary artery bypass grafting in single-ventricle patients palliated with Fontan procedure: future consideration. Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Feb; 36(2):251-2.
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Abdulla RI. The fontan procedure: now what? Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Dec; 35(8):1307-8.
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Chen Q, Tulloh R, Caputo M, Stoica S, Kia M, Parry AJ. Does the persistence of pulsatile antegrade pulmonary blood flow following bidirectional Glenn procedure affect long term outcome? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 Jan; 47(1):154-8; discussion 158.
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