"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 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fontan Procedure" by people in Profiles.
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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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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.
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Raju V, Dearani JA, Burkhart HM, Grogan M, Phillips SD, Ammash N, Pike RP, Johnson JN, O'Leary PW. Right ventricular unloading for heart failure related to Ebstein malformation. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jul; 98(1):167-73; discussion 173-4.
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Said SM, Burkhart HM, Schaff HV, Cetta F, Driscoll DJ, Li Z, Oliver WC, Ammash NM, Dearani JA. Fontan conversion: identifying the high-risk patient. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014 Jun; 97(6):2115-21; discussion 2121-2.
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Bielefeld KJ, Seib PM, Fontenot EE. Novel use of an Amplatzer Vascular Occluder II to close an acquired fistula between a reconstructed aortic arch and the left atrial appendage in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Nov 15; 80(6):940-3.
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Rabbitts JA, Groenewald CB, Mauermann WJ, Barbara DW, Burkhart HM, Warnes CA, Oliver WC, Flick RP. Outcomes of general anesthesia for noncardiac surgery in a series of patients with Fontan palliation. Paediatr Anaesth. 2013 Feb; 23(2):180-7.