Fontan Procedure

Fontanoperation

Svensk definition

Ett kirurgiskt ingrepp för omdirigering av förmaksblodflödet eller kavusflödet direkt till lungartären eller till en liten högerkammare, som tjänar som kanal. Operationsmetoden är ffa användbar vid medfödda missbildningar som trikuspidalatresi eller enkelkammare med pulmonalisstenos.

Engelsk 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.

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

Procedure, Fontan Stage 3 Norwood Procedure Fontan Palliation Palliation, Fontan Norwood Procedure, Stage 3 Norwood Procedure, Stage III Fontan Operation Operation, Fontan Stage III Norwood Procedure Fontan Circulation Circulation, Fontan Fontan Circuit Circuit, Fontan Hemi-Fontan Procedure Hemi Fontan Procedure Procedure, Hemi-Fontan Norwood Procedure, Stage 2 Bidirectional Glenn Shunt Bidirectional Glenn Shunts Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional Stage II Norwood Procedure Bidirectional Glenn Procedure Bidirectional Glenn Procedures Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Norwood Procedure, Stage II Stage 2 Norwood Procedure