Converting Fontan-Björk to 1.5- or 2-ventricle circulation
| dc.contributor.author | Hopkins, Kali A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brown, John W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Darragh, Robert K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kay, W. Aaron | |
| dc.contributor.department | Graduate Medical Education | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-09T19:06:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-09T19:06:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Patients with tricuspid atresia and ventricular septal defect have in the past occasionally undergone a Fontan with “Björk” modification to create a connection between the right atrium and the right ventricular outflow tract. While rarely performed now, patients with this physiology often face severe complications requiring re-intervention. We hypothesize that surgical conversion to a 2-ventricle or 1.5-ventricle circulation can improve hemodynamics, clinical status, and thus increase time to transplant. We present two successful cases to illustrate this idea. | en_US |
| dc.eprint.version | Author's manuscript | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hopkins, K. A., Brown, J. W., Darragh, R. K., & Kay, W. A. (2018). Converting Fontan-Björk to 1.5- or 2-ventricle circulation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.097 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/17745 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.07.097 | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | en_US |
| dc.rights | Publisher Policy | en_US |
| dc.source | Author | en_US |
| dc.subject | tricuspid atresia | en_US |
| dc.subject | ventricular septal defect | en_US |
| dc.subject | surgical interventions | en_US |
| dc.title | Converting Fontan-Björk to 1.5- or 2-ventricle circulation | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |