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- Document type:
- Journal Article
- Author(s):
- Eicken, A; Fratz, S; Hager, A; Vogt, M; Balling, G; Hess, J
- Title:
- Transcutaneous Melody valve implantation in "tricuspid position" after a Fontan Björk (RA-RV homograft) operation results in biventricular circulation.
- Abstract:
- A modified Fontan operation (Fontan Björk [Bjork VO, Olin CL, Bjarke BB, Thoren CA. Right atrial-right ventricular anastomosis for correction of tricuspid atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1979; 77:452--8]) for absent right atrio-ventricular connection was done by using a homograft between the right atrium and the right ventricle in some patients. We present the case of a 31-year-old patient, 21 years after a modified Fontan operation with severe homograft dysfunction. A percutaneous "tricuspid... »
- Journal title abbreviation:
- Int J Cardiol
- Year:
- 2010
- Journal volume:
- 142
- Journal issue:
- 3
- Pages contribution:
- e45-7
- Language:
- eng
- Fulltext / DOI:
- doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.185
- Pubmed ID:
- http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19150148
- Print-ISSN:
- 0167-5273
- TUM Institution:
- Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler (Prof. Hess)
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