<p>The Fontan procedure is employed as the final-stage palliation in single-ventricle congenital heart patients and results in diversion of venous blood directly to the pulmonary arteries. Fontan patients have been known to suffer from postoperative systemic venous hypertension, which in turn is associated with pleural effusions and protein losing enteropathy, leading to a decreased duration and quality of life. Despite the ongoing debate on its benefits, a circular fenestration hole (typically 4 mm) establishing a venous shunt to the common atrium is traditionally employed to relieve venous pressure in the Fontan conduit and improve early postoperative Fontan hemodynamics. However, these improvements come at the cost of reduced oxygen satu...
Patients with single ventricle heart disease need to undergo a Fontan surgical procedure in order to...
We have recently used the Amplatzer septal occluder to close Fontan fenestrations. Between June 1998...
Thousands of infants are born every year with cardiac defects leaving them with only one functioning...
The Fontan procedure is employed as the final-stage palliation in single-ventricle congenital heart ...
In this paper, we develop a pulsatile compartmental model of the Fontan circulation and use it to ex...
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) occurs in about 1\% (40,000) of newborn babies each year in the Unite...
Background: Fenestration in the modified Fontan operation allows right-to-left shunting, which reduc...
Background: Fenestration in the modified Fontan operation allows right-to-left shunting, which reduc...
T he Fontan procedure is effective in separating the systemic and pulmonary venous return, thus impr...
OBJECTIVE: Customized Fontan designs, generated by computer-aided design (CAD) and optimized by comp...
Objective: The conventional Fontan circulation deviates the superior vena cava (SVC=1/3 of the syste...
<p>Intraatrial-conduit Fontan is considered a modification of both extracardiac and lateral-tunnel F...
Objective: The conventional Fontan circulation deviates the superior vena cava (SVC = 1/3 of the sys...
Background: Fenestration in the modified Fontan operation allows right-to-left shunting, which reduc...
The Fontan operation was first performed in 1968. Since then, this operation has been performed on t...
Patients with single ventricle heart disease need to undergo a Fontan surgical procedure in order to...
We have recently used the Amplatzer septal occluder to close Fontan fenestrations. Between June 1998...
Thousands of infants are born every year with cardiac defects leaving them with only one functioning...
The Fontan procedure is employed as the final-stage palliation in single-ventricle congenital heart ...
In this paper, we develop a pulsatile compartmental model of the Fontan circulation and use it to ex...
Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) occurs in about 1\% (40,000) of newborn babies each year in the Unite...
Background: Fenestration in the modified Fontan operation allows right-to-left shunting, which reduc...
Background: Fenestration in the modified Fontan operation allows right-to-left shunting, which reduc...
T he Fontan procedure is effective in separating the systemic and pulmonary venous return, thus impr...
OBJECTIVE: Customized Fontan designs, generated by computer-aided design (CAD) and optimized by comp...
Objective: The conventional Fontan circulation deviates the superior vena cava (SVC=1/3 of the syste...
<p>Intraatrial-conduit Fontan is considered a modification of both extracardiac and lateral-tunnel F...
Objective: The conventional Fontan circulation deviates the superior vena cava (SVC = 1/3 of the sys...
Background: Fenestration in the modified Fontan operation allows right-to-left shunting, which reduc...
The Fontan operation was first performed in 1968. Since then, this operation has been performed on t...
Patients with single ventricle heart disease need to undergo a Fontan surgical procedure in order to...
We have recently used the Amplatzer septal occluder to close Fontan fenestrations. Between June 1998...
Thousands of infants are born every year with cardiac defects leaving them with only one functioning...