2022年12月19日 · A Fontan procedure is an operation for people who were born with one working heart ventricle. After having a Fontan procedure, all oxygen-poor blood in your child’s body goes right to their pulmonary artery instead of through their heart chambers.

The Fontan procedure or Fontan–Kreutzer procedure is a palliative surgical procedure used in children with univentricular hearts. It involves diverting the venous blood from the inferior vena cava (IVC) and superior vena cava (SVC) to the pulmonary arteries .

This operation, called the Fontan procedure, occurs at approximately 1 1/2 to 3 years of age. During this surgery the inferior vena cava, a large vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the lower body into the heart, is disconnected from the heart and attached to the pulmonary artery.

The Fontan procedure is done for children who are born with heart problems like hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), tricuspid atresia, and double outlet right ventricle. Depending on the heart problem, children may need the Norwood procedure and Glenn procedure before the Fontan surgery.

2022年7月4日 · The Fontan procedure is a repair surgical strategy for congenital cardiac anomalies. It is not usually used in isolation, but in combination with other repair procedures in a staged manner in an attempt to correct the underlying cardiac pathology. The procedure attempts to bypass the right heart.

How is the Fontan procedure done? The patch that was placed in the right upper chamber is removed (1). A wall, called a baffle (2), is built in the right upper chamber. The baffle guides the blue blood coming from the lower body into the blood vessels that …

2023年7月2日 · The Fontan procedure provides a palliative treatment option for pediatric patients with functionally single ventricle congenital heart disease, with an estimated incidence of 0.08 to 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

2022年9月29日 · The Fontan procedure helps correct congenital heart problems, like hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We explain how it's done, recovery, and more.

The third and last of the staged congenital heart surgeries performed to treat hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and other single ventricle heart defects is the Fontan cardiac procedure. It is usually performed between the ages of 18 months and three years.

The Fontan surgery is a procedure used to treat single ventricle heart disease. Single ventricle heart disease refers to a group of congenital (present at birth) heart defects where only one of the heart’s two ventricles, or pumping chambers, works properly. A …