Fontan Heart Surgery. This is an effective palliation in patients with complex congenital heart disease involving single ventricle physiology. This operation called the fontan procedure occurs at approximately 1 1 2 to 3 years of age.
This is an effective palliation in patients with complex congenital heart disease involving single ventricle physiology. Fontan procedure hypoplastic left heart syndrome hlhs is a severe congenital heart defect present at birth in which the left side of the heart is underdeveloped. This operation is normally performed on children with birth defects of the heart including tricuspid atresia pulmonary atresia hypoplastic heart syndrome single left ventricle double outlet right ventricle and any other single ventricle defects or congenital heart defects that leave the heart with only one functioning.
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.
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. In the fontan procedure. This operation called the fontan procedure occurs at approximately 1 1 2 to 3 years of age. The fontan is done so that almost all the blue blood coming back from the body goes to the lungs.
