Fontan Procedure

"Fontan Procedure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.

Descriptor ID	D018729
MeSH Number(s)	E04.035.410.295 E04.100.376.410.295 E04.100.376.724.500 E04.100.814.868.875.295 E04.928.220.370.295 E04.928.220.560.500
Concept/Terms	Fontan Procedure Fontan Procedure Procedure, Fontan Stage 3 Norwood Procedure Norwood Procedure, Stage 3 Norwood Procedure, Stage III Fontan Operation Operation, Fontan Stage III Norwood Procedure Hemi-Fontan Procedure Hemi-Fontan Procedure Hemi Fontan Procedure Procedure, Hemi-Fontan Norwood Procedure, Stage 2 Bidirectional Glenn Shunt Bidirectional Glenn Shunts Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional Glenn Shunts, Bidirectional Shunt, Bidirectional Glenn Shunts, Bidirectional Glenn Stage II Norwood Procedure Bidirectional Glenn Procedure Bidirectional Glenn Procedures Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn Procedures, Bidirectional Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn Procedures, Bidirectional Glenn Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts, Bidirectional Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Norwood Procedure, Stage II Stage 2 Norwood Procedure

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fontan Procedure".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04]
Anastomosis, Surgical [E04.035]
Heart Bypass, Right [E04.035.410]
Fontan Procedure [E04.035.410.295]
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures [E04.100]
Cardiac Surgical Procedures [E04.100.376]
Heart Bypass, Right [E04.100.376.410]
Fontan Procedure [E04.100.376.410.295]
Norwood Procedures [E04.100.376.724]
Fontan Procedure [E04.100.376.724.500]
Vascular Surgical Procedures [E04.100.814]
Vascular Grafting [E04.100.814.868]
Heart Bypass, Right [E04.100.814.868.875]
Fontan Procedure [E04.100.814.868.875.295]
Thoracic Surgical Procedures [E04.928]
Cardiac Surgical Procedures [E04.928.220]
Heart Bypass, Right [E04.928.220.370]
Fontan Procedure [E04.928.220.370.295]
Norwood Procedures [E04.928.220.560]
Fontan Procedure [E04.928.220.560.500]

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Bar chart showing 11 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2012 and 2018 and 2023

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	0	2
2013	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	0	1	1
2018	1	1	2
2019	1	0	1
2023	2	0	2

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Langanecha BD, Kesavan S, Schwartz SM, Honjo O, Seed M, Fan CS, Dragulescu A, Taylor KL, Floh AA. Reintervention Before Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt and Intermediate Outcomes in Children with Single Ventricle Who Underwent Main Pulmonary Artery Banding. Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 Dec; 44(8):1839-1846.

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Sobhani NC, Corbetta-Rastelli CM, Agarwal A, D'Alton ME, Friedman AM, Wen T. Delivery trends and obstetric outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 05; 5(5):100921.

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Schwartz SM. Commentary: Why the Y-graft? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 02; 159(2):665-666.

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Eckhauser A, Pasquali SK, Ravishankar C, Lambert LM, Newburger JW, Atz AM, Ghanayem N, Schwartz SM, Zhang C, Jacobs JP, Minich LL. Variation in care for infants undergoing the Stage II palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young. 2018 Oct; 28(10):1109-1115.

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Brown G, Schwartz SM. Is My Patient Too Blue? Who Can Benefit From Early Intervention After a Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Anastomosis? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2018 01; 19(1):81-82.

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Krupickova S, Muthurangu V, Hughes M, Tann O, Carr M, Christov G, Awat R, Taylor A, Marek J. Echocardiographic arterial measurements in complex congenital diseases before bidirectional Glenn: comparison with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar 01; 18(3):332-341.

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Morsheimer MM, Rychik J, Forbes L, Dodds K, Goldberg DJ, Sullivan K, Heimall JR. Risk Factors and Clinical Significance of Lymphopenia in Survivors of the Fontan Procedure for Single-Ventricle Congenital Cardiac Disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2016 May-Jun; 4(3):491-6.

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Corsini C, Baker C, Kung E, Schievano S, Arbia G, Baretta A, Biglino G, Migliavacca F, Dubini G, Pennati G, Marsden A, Vignon-Clementel I, Taylor A, Hsia TY, Dorfman A. An integrated approach to patient-specific predictive modeling for single ventricle heart palliation. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin. 2014; 17(14):1572-89.

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Kung E, Baretta A, Baker C, Arbia G, Biglino G, Corsini C, Schievano S, Vignon-Clementel IE, Dubini G, Pennati G, Taylor A, Dorfman A, Hlavacek AM, Marsden AL, Hsia TY, Migliavacca F. Predictive modeling of the virtual Hemi-Fontan operation for second stage single ventricle palliation: two patient-specific cases. J Biomech. 2013 Jan 18; 46(2):423-9.

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Manlhiot C, Brand?o LR, Kwok J, Kegel S, Menjak IB, Carew CL, Chan AK, Schwartz SM, Sivarajan VB, Caldarone CA, Van Arsdell GS, McCrindle BW. Thrombotic complications and thromboprophylaxis across all three stages of single ventricle heart palliation. J Pediatr. 2012 Sep; 161(3):513-519.e3.

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