
S2 Ep24: Congenital Heart Disease for the General Pediatrician: Putting the Fun in Fenestrated Fontan
The Cribsiders
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The Effects of Fenestration on Heart Failure
A lot of Fontan patients do not have a DIMA or a pad O splina medley. The average pressure stays about 15 or similar to someone who has typical pulmonary artery pressure. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome specifically requires at least three surgeries in order to get you to through that single ventricle palliation. But they operate with much better hemodynamics because their central venous pressures are lower.
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