Open AccessWhere are we after 50 years of the Fontan operation?
Author(s) -
Sachin Talwar,
Supreet P Marathe,
Shiv Kumar Choudhary,
Balram Airan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-019-00906-y
Subject(s) - cardiac surgery , fontan procedure , vascular surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , medicine , surgery , ventricle , general surgery , cardiology
First introduced in 1971, the Fontan procedure is the final common destination for all patients with a functional single ventricle. The procedure itself has evolved tremendously over the last five decades. This review traces this journey and presents the importance, outcomes and future outlook of the procedure in the current era.