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Fontan Conduit Leakage: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

1. Introduction to the Fontan Circulation The Fontan procedure represents a remarkable milestone in congenital cardiac surgery, designed to manage complex heart defects where a patient is born with only one functional ventricle. In a normal heart, the right ventricle pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs, while the left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood to the … Read more

Functional Single Ventricle Heart Defects: Pathophysiology and Surgical Palliation

1. Introduction A functional single ventricle represents a complex category of congenital heart defects where the heart fundamentally lacks two well-developed, separate pumping chambers capable of independently supporting the systemic and pulmonary circulations. While the anatomical variations are diverse, the unifying clinical reality is that only one ventricle is adequately formed or functionally capable of … Read more