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Fontan procedure: Early outcomes of 87 consecutive patients in a tertiary care center
Author(s) -
Kilcoyne Maxwell F.,
Stevens Randy M.,
Mahan Vicki,
Gray Patrick,
Moulick Achintya N.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.14462
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , fenestration , fontan procedure , incidence (geometry) , surgery , center (category theory) , cardiology , heart disease , chemistry , physics , optics , crystallography
Al Absi and colleagues report their early results of the Fontan procedure in 87 consecutive patients between August 2008 and July 2017 in a tertiary care hospital. The use of the intra/extracardiac fenestration is a promising modification because it is unlikely to be occluded by surrounding tissue and may be associated with decreased pleural effusions, length of hospital stay, and incidence of postoperative arrhythmias.