• Pediatric cardiology · May 1997

    Lung perfusion patterns after bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis (Hemi-Fontan procedure).

    • M A Seliem, J Murphy, J Vetter, S Heyman, and W Norwood.
    • Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
    • Pediatr Cardiol. 1997 May 1;18(3):191-6.

    AbstractPerfusion lung scans were performed immediately prior to Fontan procedure in 45 patients with a functional single ventricle who underwent the hemi-Fontan procedure as an intermediate stage between the initial palliative shunt procedure and the final complete Fontan anastomosis. Symmetric pulmonary blood flow (PBF) distribution was found in 27% of patients, whereas moderately to severely abnormal PBF distribution was found in 35% of patients. The achieved systemic aortic saturation following the hemi-Fontan procedure was not affected by these abnormalities.

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