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Descriptor English: Fontan Procedure
Descriptor Spanish: Procedimiento de Fontan
Descriptor procedimiento de Fontan
Entry term(s) circuito de Fontan
circulación de Fontan
operación de Fontan
paliación de Fontan
procedimiento Hemi Fontan
Scope note: Procedimiento en el que el flujo sanguíneo total de la aurícula derecha o de la vena cava es canalizado directamente al interior de la arteria pulmonar o de un ventrículo derecho pequeño que sirve sólo como conducto. Las principales malformaciones congénitas en las que es útil esta operación son la ATRESIA TRICUSPÍDEA y un solo ventrículo con estenosis pulmonar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Técnica de Fontan
Descriptor French: Procédure de Fontan
Entry term(s): Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt
Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts
Bidirectional Glenn Procedure
Bidirectional Glenn Procedures
Bidirectional Glenn Shunt
Bidirectional Glenn Shunts
Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional
Circuit, Fontan
Circulation, Fontan
Fontan Circuit
Fontan Circulation
Fontan Operation
Fontan Palliation
Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional
Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional
Hemi Fontan Procedure
Hemi-Fontan Procedure
Norwood Procedure, Stage 2
Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
Norwood Procedure, Stage II
Norwood Procedure, Stage III
Operation, Fontan
Palliation, Fontan
Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn
Procedure, Fontan
Procedure, Hemi-Fontan
Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary
Stage 2 Norwood Procedure
Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
Stage II Norwood Procedure
Stage III Norwood Procedure
Tree number(s): E04.035.410.295
E04.100.376.410.295
E04.100.376.724.500
E04.100.814.868.875.295
E04.928.220.370.295
E04.928.220.560.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018729
Scope note: A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Heart Defects, Congenital/surgery (1977-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32248
Unique ID: D018729
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Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/04/19
Revision Date: 2019/02/22
Fontan Procedure - Preferred
Concept UI M0028059
Scope note A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pulmonary artery or into a small right ventricle that serves only as a conduit. The principal congenital malformations for which this operation is useful are TRICUSPID ATRESIA and single ventricle with pulmonary stenosis.
Preferred term Fontan Procedure
Entry term(s) Fontan Operation
Fontan Palliation
Norwood Procedure, Stage 3
Norwood Procedure, Stage III
Operation, Fontan
Palliation, Fontan
Procedure, Fontan
Stage 3 Norwood Procedure
Stage III Norwood Procedure
Hemi-Fontan Procedure - Narrower
Concept UI M0028060
Preferred term Hemi-Fontan Procedure
Entry term(s) Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunt
Bidirectional Cavopulmonary Shunts
Bidirectional Glenn Procedure
Bidirectional Glenn Procedures
Bidirectional Glenn Shunt
Bidirectional Glenn Shunts
Cavopulmonary Shunt, Bidirectional
Glenn Procedure, Bidirectional
Glenn Shunt, Bidirectional
Hemi Fontan Procedure
Norwood Procedure, Stage 2
Norwood Procedure, Stage II
Procedure, Bidirectional Glenn
Procedure, Hemi-Fontan
Shunt, Bidirectional Cavopulmonary
Stage 2 Norwood Procedure
Stage II Norwood Procedure
Fontan Circulation - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M000645682
Preferred term Fontan Circulation
Entry term(s) Circuit, Fontan
Circulation, Fontan
Fontan Circuit



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