"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 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fontan Procedure" by people in Profiles.
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Response from the authors: Advanced ventilation strategies in patients with Fontan-type circulation. Am J Emerg Med. 2023 Apr; 66:155-156.
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Improved Exercise Tolerance in an Adolescent Female After Failed Fontan and Subsequent Biventricular Conversion. Pediatr Cardiol. 2022 Oct; 43(7):1669-1673.
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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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A Shift in Focus. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 06; 39(5):857-858.
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Routine Cardiac Catheterization Prior to Fontan Operation: Is It a Necessity? Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Apr; 39(4):818-823.
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The Use of Fecal Calprotectin Levels in the Fontan population. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Mar; 39(3):591-594.
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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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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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The fontan procedure: now what? Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Dec; 35(8):1307-8.
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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.