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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;66:933-934
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Extracardiac fontan operation with tube fenestration allowing transcatheter coil occlusion

Shubhayan Sanatani, MDa, Suvro S. Sett, MDa, Derek G. Human, BM, BCha, J.A. Gordon Culham, MDb, Jacques G. LeBlanc, MDa

a Cardiac Sciences, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
b Department of Radiology, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Accepted for publication March 19, 1998.

Please address reprint requests to Dr Sett, Cardiac Sciences, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, 4480 Oak St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada

A fenestration may improve the immediate postoperative course after a Fontan procedure by preserving the cardiac output. We describe a simple and safe technique of fenestration amenable to coil occlusion, which can be carried out in most cardiac catheterization laboratories.




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