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Fontan Procedure

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Definition: 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.      Other names Shunts, Bidirectional Glenn; Shunts, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary; Shunt, Bidirectional Glenn; Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary; Procedures, Bidirectional Glenn; Procedure, Hemi-Fontan; Procedure, Fontan; Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn; Operation, Fontan; Glenn Shunts, Bidirectional; Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional; Glenn Procedures, Bidirectional; Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional; Cavopulmonary Shunts, Bidirectional; Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional; Bidirectional Glenn Shunts; Bidirectional Glenn Procedures; Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts; Stage III Norwood Procedure; Stage II Norwood Procedure

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