Complete Thrombosis of the Conduit and Inferior Vena-cava Early After Extracardiac Fontan Operation

Complete Thrombosis of the Conduit and Inferior Vena-cava Early After Extracardiac Fontan Operation

Conduit thrombosis is a rare catastrophic complication of Fontan procedure. We report a case wherein the entire conduit and most of the inferior vena-cava got thrombosed within 8 days of the Fontan procedure. The patient was successfully managed by a surgical thrombectomy and Fontan takedown.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nayem Raja, Saket Agarwal, Akhilesh S Tomar, Muhammad A Geelani, Swarnika Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:MAMC Journal of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
Extracardiac Fontan complication
Fontan thrombosis
surgical thrombectomy in Fontan thrombosis
Online Access:http://www.mamcjms.in/article.asp?issn=2394-7438;year=2017;volume=3;issue=1;spage=28;epage=30;aulast=Raja

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