The Extracardiac Fontan Operation in Adult: A case report / 대한흉부외과학회지
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
;
: 72-75, 2004.
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in Korean
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| ID: wpr-7305
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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Main subject:
Risk Factors
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Fontan Procedure
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Heart Defects, Congenital
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Heart Diseases
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Methods
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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