"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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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fontan Procedure" by people in Profiles.
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Ybarra AM, Khanna G, Turmelle YP, Stoll J, Castleberry CD, Scheel J, Ballweg JA, Ameduri R, Kimberling M, Makil E, Birnbaum BF, Exil V, Canter CE, Simpson KE. Heterogeneous outcomes of liver disease after heart transplantation for a failed Fontan procedure. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 12; 25(8):e14094.
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Vincenti M, O'Leary PW, Qureshi MY, Seisler DK, Burkhart HM, Cetta F, Nelson TJ. Clinical Impact of Autologous Cell Therapy on Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome After Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021; 33(3):791-801.
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Harkin M, Shaddix BP, Neely SB, Peek LA, Stephens K, Barker P, McMullan L, Gormley A, Johnson PN. Evaluation of dosing and safety outcomes of low-dose prophylactic warfarin in children after cardiothoracic surgery. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2020 06 23; 77(13):1018-1025.
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Burkhart HM, Thompson JL, Mir A. Aortic arch reconstruction in the Norwood operation: It is more than just geometry. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 02; 157(2):708-709.
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Simpson KE, Pruitt E, Kirklin JK, Naftel DC, Singh RK, Edens RE, Barnes AP, Canter CE. Fontan Patient Survival After Pediatric Heart Transplantation Has Improved in the Current Era. Ann Thorac Surg. 2017 Apr; 103(4):1315-1320.
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Edens RE, Gruber PJ. Fibrosis in Fontan physiology. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 06; 151(6):1527-8.
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Burkhart HM, Thompson JL, Nelson TJ. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: What's next? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr; 151(4):909-10.
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Burkhart HM, Thompson JL, Phillips SD. The Fontan Operation: Is Timing Everything? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015; 27(2):175-6.
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Burkhart HM, Qureshi MY, Peral SC, O'Leary PW, Olson TM, Cetta F, Nelson TJ. Regenerative therapy for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: first report of intraoperative intramyocardial injection of autologous umbilical-cord blood-derived cells. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Mar; 149(3):e35-7.
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Burkhart HM. Closing in on the perfect Fontan. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Dec; 148(6):2525.