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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Thoracic Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Norwood Procedures > Fontan Procedure
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Norwood Procedures > Fontan Procedure
... > Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Grafting > Heart Bypass, Right > Fontan Procedure
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Anastomosis, Surgical > Heart Bypass, Right > Fontan Procedure
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Thoracic Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Heart Bypass, Right > Fontan Procedure
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Cardiac Surgical Procedures > Heart Bypass, Right > Fontan Procedure

Preferred term

Fontan Procedure  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Fontan Operation
  • Fontan Palliation
  • Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
  • Norwood Procedure, Stage III
  • Operation, Fontan
  • Palliation, Fontan
  • Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
  • Stage III Norwood Procedure

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018729

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