welcomes you to the new, improved website!Fontan connections made using a lateral tunnel (LT) or extracardiac (EC) pathway were evaluated over time using MR. LT pathways generally increased in diameter while EC pathways did not. Normalized LT and EC diameters decreased relative to somatic growth, while descending aortic diameter increased in parallel with somatic growth. Changes in pathways over time are complex and require further investigation.
Fontan Pathway Growth: A Quantitative Evaluation of Lateral Tunnel and Extracardiac Cavopulmonary Connections Using Serial Cardiac Magnetic Resonance
Submitted by: Mark Ferguson
Source: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
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Author(s): Maria Restrepo, Lucia Mirabella, Elaine Tang, Christopher M. Haggerty, Reza H. Khiabani, Francis Fynn-Thompson, Anne Marie Valente, Doff B. McElhinney, Mark A. Fogel, Ajit P. Yoganathan