2022年12月19日 · The Fontan procedure lets oxygen-poor blood from the lower part of your body go straight to your pulmonary artery (and then lungs) for oxygen instead of going through your heart first. This procedure usually follows a different operation (Glenn procedure) that sends oxygen-poor blood from your upper body to your pulmonary artery and lungs.

What is the Fontan Operation? The normal heart has 2 ventricles (pumping chambers). The right ventricle pumps blood that is low in oxygen (blue blood) to the lungs and the left ventricle pumps blood that has lots of oxygen (red blood) to the body. Sometimes the heart forms with only one ventricle that has to pump blood to both the lungs and the ...

2019年7月1日 · In the absence of a subpulmonary ventricle, Fontan circulation is characterized by chronically elevated systemic venous pressures and decreased cardiac output. The addition of this acquired abnormal circulation to innate abnormalities associated with single-ventricle congenital heart disease exposes these patients to a variety of complications.

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 .

2025年1月19日 · The Fontan procedure is a palliative surgical intervention designed for patients with single-ventricle physiology, often resulting from congenital heart defects such as tricuspid atresia or hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

The Fontan operation allows for separation of the two circulations by re-routing under-oxygenated blood from the body directly to the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, thereby allowing the single ventricle to pump only oxygenated blood to the body.

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 …

The Fontan is an open heart procedure during which the unoxygenated blood returning from the lower part of the body is diverted directly to the pulmonary (lung) artery without passing through the right ventricle.

What is a Fontan Circulation? The term SVCHD refers to a wide range of cardiac defects where only one of the heart’s two ventricles is of adequate function. Because of this, patients with some SVCHDs will undergo staged surgeries to ultimately reach a Fontan circulation, where the heart is ultimately reconstructed to allow the remaining ...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is the most common reason patients need a Fontan procedure. Children with congenital heart disease become adults with congenital heart disease (CHD). Ninety percent of children born with CHD have a normal life expectancy due to improved surgical interventions and better medical management.