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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2019-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Clinical and Translational Science |
Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2059866119000220/type/journal_article |