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Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 1/2008

Open Access 01-12-2008 | Case study

Extracardiac Fontan with T-shape conduit in non-confluent pulmonary arteries

Authors: Jae Gun Kwak, Jeong Ryul Lee, Woo-Sung Jang, Eun Jung Bae

Published in: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Issue 1/2008

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Abstract

A 34 months-old male patient with double inlet right ventricle with nonconfluent pulmonary arteries who underwent successful extracardiac fenestarated Fontan procedure using pre-designed T-shaped PTFE vascular graft after multi-step rehabilitation of the diminutive hilar pulmonary arteries. At first we performed 6 mm confluent pulmonary artery vascular graft implantation with 4 mm BT shunt at patient's 4 weeks old. At 9 months of patient, we upsized the confluent pulmonary arterial graft to 8 mm with bidirectional cavopulmonary connection, and, at 34 months, we performed extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure with pre-designed T-shape conduit including the confluent pulmonary arterial portion at last. Patient shows excellent functional status and development.
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Metadata
Title
Extracardiac Fontan with T-shape conduit in non-confluent pulmonary arteries
Authors
Jae Gun Kwak
Jeong Ryul Lee
Woo-Sung Jang
Eun Jung Bae
Publication date
01-12-2008
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery / Issue 1/2008
Electronic ISSN: 1749-8090
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-3-7

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