Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2004 Jan;37(1):72-75.
The Extracardiac Fontan Operation in Adult: A case report
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- 1Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center, Korea. bae104@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Medical Center, Korea.
Abstract
- The Fontan operation is commonly practiced for the physiologic correction of univentricular heart diseases. However, for the patients who have risk factors against this operation, it is recommended to take the initial palliative operation rather than going to the Fontan operation at once. The proper timing to the Fontan operation after palliation is decided by assessing several factors such as patient's age and other risks of maintaining palliative state, etc. Usually, the Fontan operation is done relatively early after palliation stage. Here, we report a 36 years old-adult-female with univentricular heart disease who underwent the successful Fontan operation at 17 years after unidirectional Glenn procedure.
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