The Hemi-Fontan operation: A critical overview

The hemi-Fontan (HF) operation is a staging procedure in the journey towards an ultimate Fontan palliation. Although popular in the Western world, it has found limited application in the developing world. In this review we discuss the indications, techniques, merits, and demerits of this procedure a...

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Autores principales: Talwar, Sachin, Nair, Vinitha Viswambharan, Choudhary, Shiv Kumar, Airan, Balram
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4070201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24987258
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.132480
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spelling pubmed-40702012014-07-01 The Hemi-Fontan operation: A critical overview Talwar, Sachin Nair, Vinitha Viswambharan Choudhary, Shiv Kumar Airan, Balram Ann Pediatr Cardiol Review Article The hemi-Fontan (HF) operation is a staging procedure in the journey towards an ultimate Fontan palliation. Although popular in the Western world, it has found limited application in the developing world. In this review we discuss the indications, techniques, merits, and demerits of this procedure along with its present day role in developing world where there is lack of awareness about this operation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4070201/ /pubmed/24987258 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.132480 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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