A quantitative analysis of hemodynamic effects of the right ventricle included in the circulation of the Fontan procedure.
Author(s) -
Mitsuru Nakazawa,
Hiroshi Katayama,
Y Imai,
Keiko Nojima,
Toshio Nakanishi,
Hiromi Kurosawa,
Atsuyoshi Takao,
Hidenobu Okuda
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.83.3.822
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , cardiac output , pulmonary artery , ventricle , hemodynamics , ejection fraction , central venous pressure , inferior vena cava , pulmonary wedge pressure , fontan procedure , cardiac cycle , blood pressure , heart rate , heart failure
Right heart hemodynamics were analyzed with a catheter-mounted velocity meter in seven patients after direct atrioventricular anastomosis for Fontan procedure (RV group) and were compared with those obtained in eight patients after direct atriopulmonary anastomosis (RA group).
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