Unique case of total artificial cardiac support in failed Fontan circulation after cardiectomy: is continuous flow better than pulsatile flow?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Jun;145(6):e62-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.02.031. Epub 2013 Mar 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fontan Procedure*
  • Heart-Assist Devices*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Pulsatile Flow
  • Shock
  • Treatment Failure
  • Tricuspid Atresia / surgery*