Fontan Procedure
A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
Year introduced: 1995
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Tree Number(s): E04.035.410.295, E04.100.376.410.295, E04.100.376.724.500, E04.100.814.868.875.295, E04.928.220.370.295, E04.928.220.560.500
MeSH Unique ID: D018729
Entry Terms:
- Procedure, Fontan
- Fontan Operation
- Operation, Fontan
- Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
- Stage III Norwood Procedure
- Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
- Norwood Procedure, Stage III
- Fontan Palliation
- Palliation, Fontan
- Hemi-Fontan Procedure
- Hemi Fontan Procedure
- Procedure, Hemi-Fontan
- Norwood Procedure, Stage II
- Norwood Procedure, Stage 2
- Stage 2 Norwood Procedure
- Stage II Norwood Procedure
- Bidirectional Glenn Procedure
- Bidirectional Glenn Procedures
- Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional
- Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn
- Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt
- Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts
- Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional
- Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary
- Bidirectional Glenn Shunt
- Bidirectional Glenn Shunts
- Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional
- Fontan Circulation
- Circulation, Fontan
- Fontan Circuit
- Circuit, Fontan
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