Fontan surgery: An alternative lifestyle

Most children born with congenital heart disease undergo corrective surgery during the first year of life, while children who are not diagnosed and treated early, die quickly in the first year. Those who pass this first stage without treatment began with secondary damage to organs like heart, lung a...

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Published inMedicina U.P.B Vol. 30; no. 1
Main Authors Grisales, Natalia Vargas, Vargas Gallego, Ana María
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published Medellín Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana 01.01.2011
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Summary:Most children born with congenital heart disease undergo corrective surgery during the first year of life, while children who are not diagnosed and treated early, die quickly in the first year. Those who pass this first stage without treatment began with secondary damage to organs like heart, lung and central nervous system. Fontan surgery, with the passing of the years, has undergone many changes that have considerably improved results in patients undergoing surgery, reducing mortality and providing an improvement in hemodynamic and electrophysiological effects, thus making a successful anatomical and physiological correction.
ISSN:0120-4874
2357-6308