Balancing Your Life with a Mended Heart (588B)

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appx.

Single Left Ventricle— Tricuspid Atresia tricuspid valve missing

Problem

conduit (bypass tube)

Surgical Procedure (Classic Fontan)

artery too narrow

patch

hole between chambers

right chamber too small fenestration

Surgical Procedure

fenestration

(Intracardiac Fontan)

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artificial wall

conduit (bypass tube)

Surgical Procedure (Extracardiac Fontan)


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