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Unilateral Fontan operation for tricuspid atresia
K Subbareddy1, S Chaudhuri, M Neligan
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
A 12-year-old child with tricuspid atresia and acquired hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery was successfully treated with unilateral Fontan operation. Angiography at age 2 months had shown a normal left pulmonary artery, and a modified Potts shunt was performed. An emergency central shunt was required a year later. Reinvestigation 5 years after the initial operation revealed severe hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery.