Fontan Operation and the Cavopulmonary Technique: Immediate and Late Results According to the Presence of Atrial Fenestration

OBJECTIVE: To compare immediate and late results in patients with or without fenestration who underwent cavopulmonary anastomosis so that we could assess the efficiency of the technique. METHODS: Sixty-two patients underwent surgery between 1988 and 1999, 41 with fenestration (group I -G I) and 21 w...

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Main Authors: Edmar Atik, Nana Miura Ikari, Tamara Cortez Martins, Miguel Barbero-Marcial
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-02-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2002000200004