"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 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 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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Heterogeneous outcomes of liver disease after heart transplantation for a failed Fontan procedure. Pediatr Transplant. 2021 12; 25(8):e14094.
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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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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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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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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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Fibrosis in Fontan physiology. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 06; 151(6):1527-8.
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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: What's next? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Apr; 151(4):909-10.
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The Fontan Operation: Is Timing Everything? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015; 27(2):175-6.
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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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Closing in on the perfect Fontan. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Dec; 148(6):2525.