Fontan Revision with Y-Graft in a Patient with Unilateral Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation

The extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure is the last surgical step in the treatment of patients with a functional single ventricle. An acquired pulmonary arteriovenous malformation may appear perioperatively or postoperatively due to an uneven hepatic flow distribution. Here we report a case of a b...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jeong-woo, Park, Jeong-Jun, Goo, Hyun Woo, Ko, Jae Kon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460969/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28593158
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.3.207
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Sumario:The extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure is the last surgical step in the treatment of patients with a functional single ventricle. An acquired pulmonary arteriovenous malformation may appear perioperatively or postoperatively due to an uneven hepatic flow distribution. Here we report a case of a bifurcated Y-graft Fontan operation in a 15-year-old male patient with a unilateral pulmonary arteriovenous malformation after an extracardiac conduit Fontan operation.

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