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Pearls and Pitfalls in Pediatric Fontan Operation Imaging
- Source :
- Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR. 41(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The Fontan operation or the total cavopulmonary connection is a palliative surgery for single ventricle congenital heart disease where the systemic venous return circumvents a pumping chamber and flows directly into the pulmonary circuit. With surgical and medical advances, there has been improvement in life expectancy of these patients, however, it has also resulted in unique complications from the physiology that requires diligent surveillance. A critical component relies on optimal imaging for diagnosis and treatment of these complications. This article describes the normal anatomy of the Fontan circulation, current imaging modalities and techniques, and frequently encountered complications seen when imaging the patients who have undergone Fontan palliation.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Diagnostic Imaging
Heart Defects, Congenital
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease
Adolescent
Total cavopulmonary connection
Fontan Procedure
Palliative surgery
030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging
Imaging modalities
Fontan circulation
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Child
Normal anatomy
business.industry
Palliative Care
Heart
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Treatment Outcome
Ventricle
Female
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Venous return curve
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15585034
- Volume :
- 41
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dbe2d788c4956b7fffef86499a4ca82c