3212 Development of a Contractile Fontan Circuit to Decrease Central Venous Pressures in Single Ventricle Patients

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Children born with a single ventricle congenital heart defect requires three invasive open-heart surgeries in the first three years of life. The third operation, the Fontan procedure, includes connection of the vena cava (VC) to the pulmonary artery (PA) using a bio-inert c...

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Main Authors: Margaret Rose Ferrari, Jeffrey Jacot, Michael Di Maria, Damon Pool, Mallory Lennon, Dillon Jarrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-03-01
Series:Journal of Clinical and Translational Science
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866119000220/type/journal_article