Fontan with pedicled pericardium

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999 Feb;47(2):91-3. doi: 10.1007/BF03217949.

Abstract

Pedicled pericardium is a useful viable material for cardiac surgery. In an adolescent case, the extracardiac lateral tunnel of a Fontan connection was successfully constructed with pedicled pericardium. This procedure is expected to allow the growth of the tunnel and to need no anti-coagulant therapy, while careful long-term follow-up is necessary.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Fontan Procedure / methods*
  • Heart Bypass, Right / methods
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pericardium / surgery*