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Feasibility and clinical impact of transcatheter closure of interatrial communications after a fenestrated Fontan procedure: Medium‐term outcomes

Jaana Pihkala, Satoshi Yazaki, Rohit Mehta, Kyong‐Jin Lee, Rajiv Chaturvedi, Brian W. McCrindle, Glen Van Arsdell, Lee Benson

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions · 2007 · 31 citations · 25 references

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Transcatheter occlusion of Fontan fenestrations is safe with acute and persistent improvements in oxygen saturations.

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Fontan operation in five hundred consecutive patients: Factors influencing early and late outcome

Thomas L. Gentles, John E. Mayer, Kimberlee Gauvreau et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1997 · 580 citations · Full text

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A new method for the quantitative standardization of cross-sectional areas of the pulmonary arteries in congenital heart diseases with decreased pulmonary blood flow

Seisuke Nakata, Yasuharu Imai, Yoshinori Takanashi et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 1984 · 550 citations

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Baffle fenestration with subsequent transcatheter closure. Modification of the Fontan operation for patients at increased risk.

Nancy D. Bridges, James E. Lock, A R Castañeda · Circulation · 1990 · 468 citations

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Thromboembolic Complications After Fontan Operations

David N. Rosenthal, Alan H. Friedman, Charles S. Kleinman et al. · Circulation · 1995 · 264 citations

Partial Fontan: Advantages of an adjustable interatrial communication

Hillel Laks, Jeffrey M. Pearl, Gary S. Haas et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery · 1991 · 151 citations

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