The Fontan procedure or Fontan–Kreutzer procedure is a palliative surgical procedure used in children with univentricular hearts. It involves diverting...
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BDG shunt is also called a "hemi-Fontan" procedure because it is the physiologic equivalent of half a functioning Fontan shunt. The incidence of univentricular...
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procedure is typically done within a few days of birth. The Glenn procedure is typically performed at three to six months of age. Finally the Fontan procedure...
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bidirectional SVC-pulmonary shunt. The third surgery (Stage 3) is the Fontan procedure, in which the inferior vena cava (IVC, the large vein carrying blood...
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act as a pump, the surgery performed would be the Fontan procedure. In this three-stage procedure, the right atrium is disconnected from the pulmonary...
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Baffle (medicine) (section Fontan procedure)
transposition of the great arteries. The lateral tunnel form of the Fontan procedure uses a baffle to redirect blood from the inferior vena cava to the...
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Fontan may refer to: Fontan, Alpes-Maritimes - a village and commune in southern France Fontan procedure - an operation performed on the heart of those...
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shunt that will move incoming blood through the pulmonary circuit. The Fontan procedure routes blood through the patient's single ventricle, to the lungs,...
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Francis Fontan (2 July 1929 – 14 January 2018) was a French cardiologist and cardiothoracic surgeon best known for developing the Fontan procedure, a surgical...
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oxygenated), and therefore these children still may need a complete Fontan procedure in the end. Kawashima Y, Kitamura S, Matsuda H, Shimazaki Y, Nakano...
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Cardioversion (category Cardiac procedures)
Cardioversion is a medical procedure by which an abnormally fast heart rate (tachycardia) or other cardiac arrhythmia is converted to a normal rhythm...
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cavopulmonary connection (Fontan procedure), Rastelli procedure. Blalock-Taussig is a traditional procedure, and Fontan procedure is widely operated recently...
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Cavopulmonary Bypass (Bidirectional Glenn or Hemi-Fontan Procedure), Total Cavopulmonary Bypass (Fontan Completion Procedure). The purpose of these operations is to...
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right pulmonary artery. v t e Downs Heart Group. "Blalock, Glenn & Fontan Procedures - Down's Heart Group". Archived from the original on 2018-07-16. Retrieved...
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popularised them or refined existing procedures, and occasionally are named after the patient who first underwent the procedure. O'Connell, Norman (2013). Bailey...
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cavopulmonary anastomosis (hemi-Fontan or bidirectional Glenn) to provide stable pulmonary flow Final operation: Fontan procedure to redirect inferior vena...
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second procedure, called the Glenn procedure, is usually performed between four and twelve months of age. The last surgery, known as the Fontan procedure, is...
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Atrial fibrillation (section Maze procedure)
Tetralogy of Fallot, or Ebstein's anomaly, and those who underwent the Fontan procedure, are at higher risk with prevalence rates of up to 30% depending on...
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general procedures are utilized to address those defects: Stage I – Norwood procedure Stage II – Glenn procedure Stage III – Fontan procedure Prenatal...
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follows cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease, especially the Fontan procedure. Systemic blood flow is diverted to pulmonary flow, elevating pressures...
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possible Glenn procedure is done. Later, surgical options include the Damus–Kaye–Stansel procedure, the Fontan procedure, and the Norwood procedure. The goal...
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and for parents to sleep in the room with their child. In 1975, the Fontan procedure, which separates oxygenated blood from deoxygenated blood during surgery...
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ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (category Clinical procedure classification)
heart (35.94) Creation of conduit between atrium and pulmonary artery Fontan procedure (36) Operations on vessels of heart (36.0) Removal of coronary artery...
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throughout her doctoral research, examining pulmonary circulation after the Fontan procedure. Morgan joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University in 1999. Morgan...
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bypass MeSH E04.035.410 – heart bypass, right MeSH E04.035.410.295 – fontan procedure MeSH E04.035.415 – jejunoileal bypass MeSH E04.035.703 – pancreaticojejunostomy...
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Norwood died in Albuquerque on December 13, 2020, at the age of 79. Francis Fontan William Glenn "Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia"...
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Dei members there were also strong detractors of Franco, such as Antonio Fontán. There have also been allegations that Escrivá expressed sympathy for Adolf...
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während der Nazizeit', Archaeologia Austriaca 80, 1996, p. 1ff. Marcelino Fontán, 'Der Fall Menghin. Ein österreichischer Anschlußminister in Argentinien'...
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(1): 81–93. doi:10.1177/1023263X18824776. ISSN 1023-263X. S2CID 159061658. Fontan, Clement (2018-03-04). "Frankfurt's double standard: the politics of the...
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(12): 585–586. doi:10.1002/clc.4960281210. PMC 6654028. PMID 16405204. Fontan, Francis (July 2000). "John Webster Kirklin: consummate cardiac surgeon...
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