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Could DOAC Be a Better Choice Than Warfarin in Low Compliance Patients with Fontan Procedure?
Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: After the Fontan procedure, thromboembolic events need to be prevented. We present a young patient with a history of Fontan procedure and poor adherence to warfarin who developed systemic thromboembolism.
Jisoo Park +5 more
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Complete Thrombosis of the Conduit and Inferior Vena-cava Early After Extracardiac Fontan Operation
MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences, 2017 Conduit thrombosis is a rare catastrophic complication of Fontan procedure. We report a case wherein the entire conduit and most of the inferior vena-cava got thrombosed within 8 days of the Fontan procedure.
Nayem Raja +4 more
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Experience with the Fontan procedure
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1984 From 1975 to the present, 45 patients have undergone modifications of the Fontan procedure for complex congenital heart disease. There were 30 males and 15 females ranging in age from 2 to 38 years (mean 13 years). Primary diagnoses were tricuspid atresia in 19, univentricular heart in 24, and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum in two ...
H, Laks +7 more
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Percutaneous coronary intervention following Fontan procedure
International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2020 Fontan procedure is known to increase the risk of thromboembolic events. However, coronary artery thrombotic occlusion is rarely reported in patients with Fontan procedure.
Ahmed Subahi, Thomas Forbes, Omar E. Ali
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Protein-losing enteropathy and plastic bronchitis after the Fontan procedure.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020 OBJECTIVES Protein losing enteropathy and plastic bronchitis are severe complications in Fontan circulation, with 5-year survival ranging from 46% to 88%.
Varun J. Sharma +11 more
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Arrhythmias after the Fontan procedure [PDF]
Heart, 1992 To study the determinants and outcome of arrhythmias after the Fontan type operation.Retrospective analysis of data in patients operated on between 1972 and 1986 (follow up 5-19 years (mean 12 years)).All 60 patients undergoing a Fontan type procedure at the National Heart Hospital, London, during the study period (mean age (SD) 12.3 (6.8) years ...
N S, Peters, J, Somerville
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Long-term results of additional pulmonary blood flow with bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2020 Objective We evaluated additional pulmonary blood flow at the time of bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt and its effects on the Fontan procedure and long-term outcome of Fontan circulation and liver function.
Ryosuke Kowatari +3 more
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Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors in Fontan patients
Radiology Case Reports, 2020 The Fontan procedure used for palliation of single ventricle physiology is associated with multisystemic morbidity. With improving survival and increased use of surveillance imaging in this patient population, long-term complications associated with ...
Corey Vural, BA +3 more
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Five decades of Fontan palliation: What have we learned? What should we expect?
Journal of International Medical Research, 2023 The Fontan procedure is the final palliative surgery in a series of staged surgeries to reroute the systemic venous blood flow directly to the lungs, with the ventricle(s) pumping oxygenated blood to the body.
Adil Hassan +2 more
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Successful Pregnancy in A Patient with Fontan Surgery: A Case Report
Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2023 The Fontan operation is a palliative procedure for patients with several forms of congenital heart disease unsuitable for biventricular circulation, especially tricuspid valve atresia.
Shadi Zamansaraei +2 more
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