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 27 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006 and 2015 and 2019

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2006	3	0	3
2008	1	0	1
2010	2	0	2
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	0	2
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	1	2
2015	3	0	3
2016	1	1	2
2018	1	1	2
2019	3	0	3
2020	1	0	1
2021	1	0	1

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Davies RR, Lantz Apn JL, Mullowney SK, Butts RJ, Pirolli T, Jaquiss RDB, Sutcliffe DL. Heart Failure After Cavopulmonary Connection: Conversion to Biventricular Circulatory Support. Ann Thorac Surg. 2021 09; 112(3):e185-e188.

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Matoq A, Radtke W. Balloon angioplasty of bidirectional Glenn anastomosis. Cardiol Young. 2020 Oct; 30(10):1452-1457.

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Eckhauser AW, Van Rompay MI, Ravishankar C, Newburger JW, Ram Kumar S, Pizarro C, Ghanayem N, Trachtenberg FL, Burns KM, Hill GD, Atz AM, Hamstra MS, Mazwi M, Park P, Richmond ME, Wolf M, Zampi JD, Jacobs JP, Minich LL. Variation in care for children undergoing the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young. 2019 Dec; 29(12):1510-1516.

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Davies RR. Commentary: The future fourth stage of single-ventricle palliation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 12; 158(6):1639-1640.

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Biko DM, DeWitt AG, Pinto EM, Morrison RE, Johnstone JA, Griffis H, O'Byrne ML, Fogel MA, Harris MA, Partington SL, Whitehead KK, Saul D, Goldberg DJ, Rychik J, Glatz AC, Gillespie MJ, Rome JJ, Dori Y. MRI Evaluation of Lymphatic Abnormalities in the Neck and Thorax after Fontan Surgery: Relationship with Outcome. Radiology. 2019 06; 291(3):774-780.

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Zaidi AH, Newburger JW, Wypij D, Stopp C, Watson CG, Friedman KG, Rivkin MJ, Rollins CK. Ascending Aorta Size at Birth Predicts White Matter Microstructure in Adolescents Who Underwent Fontan Palliation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 12 18; 7(24):e010395.

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Newburger JW, Sleeper LA, Gaynor JW, Hollenbeck-Pringle D, Frommelt PC, Li JS, Mahle WT, Williams IA, Atz AM, Burns KM, Chen S, Cnota J, Dunbar-Masterson C, Ghanayem NS, Goldberg CS, Jacobs JP, Lewis AB, Mital S, Pizarro C, Eckhauser A, Stark P, Ohye RG. Transplant-Free Survival and Interventions at 6 Years in the SVR Trial. Circulation. 2018 05 22; 137(21):2246-2253.

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Wilder TJ, McCrindle BW, Hickey EJ, Ziemer G, Tchervenkov CI, Jacobs ML, Gruber PJ, Blackstone EH, Williams WG, DeCampli WM, Caldarone CA, Pizarro C. Is a hybrid strategy a lower-risk alternative to stage 1 Norwood operation? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 01; 153(1):163-172.e6.

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Singh PM, Borle A, Ramachandran R, Trikha A, Goudra BG. Fontan's circulation with dextrocardia, recent pulmonary embolism, and inferior vena cava filter: Anesthetic challenges for urgent hysterectomy. Ann Card Anaesth. 2016 Jan-Mar; 19(1):177-81.

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Ravishankar C, Gerstenberger E, Sleeper LA, Atz AM, Affolter JT, Bradley TJ, Gaynor JW, Goldstein BH, Henderson HT, Jacobs JP, Lewis AB, Dunbar-Masterson C, Menon SC, Pemberton VL, Petit CJ, Pike NA, Pizarro C, Schumacher KR, Williams IA, Newburger JW. Factors affecting Fontan length of stay: Results from the Single Ventricle Reconstruction trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Mar; 151(3):669-675.e1.

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