The modern Fontan operation shows no increase in mortality out to 20 years: A new paradigm

Forty years of the Fontan operation: a failed strategy.

Clinical outcome of patients 20 years after Fontan operation--effect of fenestration on late morbidity.

OBJECTIVE The Fontan operation has been proposed as definitive palliation for an increasing variety of hearts with complex univentricular anatomy, but late morbidity after Fontan operation is still a matter of concern. This retrospective study evaluates the late outcome in patients with Fontan circulation. METHODS We included 121 consecutive patients that underwent Fontan operation between 19...

Fontan operation.

D uring the past 4 decades, the Fontan operation has been carried out as a surgical treatment in patients with tricuspid atresia. Over the years, it has become established as a revolutionary therapy in patients with univentricular heart physiology. Many experimental and clinical studies have been performed with a view to understanding the Fontan circulation; in consequence, the operation has un...

from linguistics to literature: a linguistic approach to the study of linguistic deviations in the turkish divan of shahriar

chapter i provides an overview of structural linguistics and touches upon the saussurean dichotomies with the final goal of exploring their relevance to the stylistic studies of literature. to provide evidence for the singificance of the study, chapter ii deals with the controversial issue of linguistics and literature, and presents opposing views which, at the same time, have been central to t...

Protocols associated with no mortality in 100 consecutive Fontan procedures.

OBJECTIVES Results of Fontan's procedure have improved considerably, but perioperative mortality still occurs, attributed to ventricular dysfunction, stroke, arrhythmia, thromboembolism, and multi-organ dysfunction. Our protocols of operative and intensive care unit management address these potential issues, and have been associated with zero mortality, even with many high-risk candidates. ME...