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Preferred term

Fontan Procedure  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.

Entry terms

  • Fontan Operation
  • Fontan Palliation
  • Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
  • Norwood Procedure, Stage III
  • Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
  • Stage III Norwood Procedure

In other languages

  • French

  • Anastomose atrio-pulmonaire totale
  • Anastomose atriopulmonaire totale
  • Anastomose auriculo-pulmonaire Fontan
  • Anastomose auriculopulmonaire Fontan
  • Anastomose chirurgicale atriopulmonaire totale
  • Anastomose de type Fontan
  • Intervention de Fontan
  • Opération de Fontan

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-X060GVCK-5

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