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Fontan-Kreutzer Conversion to Total Cavopulmonary Surgery due to Failing Univentricular Circulation. A Feasible Therapeutic Option?

Isabel Cristina Britto Guimarães

Fontan surgery, a palliative operation for patients with “single-ventricle” heart physiology, has undergone several modifications since the first procedure was performed in 1971 for individuals with diagnosis of tricuspid atresia.

The Fontan-Kreutzer (FK) atrial-pulmonary anastomosis technique was widely used in the 1980s. Publications regarding the late follow-up of patients submitted to the technique before 1990 showed a higher frequency of complications such as heart failure, arrhythmias, thromboembolic events, protein-losing enteropathy, plastic bronchitis, sudden death and liver failure.,

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  • Heart Bypass, Right
  • Heart Defects, Congenital
  • Procedure Fontan-Kreutzer
  • Tricuspide Atresia/surgery
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01/02/2019 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190021 Views 1

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Guimarães ICB. Fontan-Kreutzer Conversion to Total Cavopulmonary Surgery due to Failing Univentricular Circulation. A Feasible Therapeutic Option?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2019;112(2):136-7.

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Guimarães, Isabel Cristina Britto. Fontan-Kreutzer Conversion to Total Cavopulmonary Surgery due to Failing Univentricular Circulation. A Feasible Therapeutic Option?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 112, n. 2, p. 136-137, Jan. 2019.

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Guimarães, I. C. B. (2019). Fontan-Kreutzer Conversion to Total Cavopulmonary Surgery due to Failing Univentricular Circulation. A Feasible Therapeutic Option?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 112(2), 136-137.

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Guimarães, Isabel Cristina Britto. Fontan-Kreutzer Conversion to Total Cavopulmonary Surgery due to Failing Univentricular Circulation. A Feasible Therapeutic Option?. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2019, vol. 112, n. 2, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 136-137. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/fontan-kreutzer-conversion-to-total-cavopulmonary-surgery-due-to-failing-univentricular-circulation-a-feasible-therapeutic-option/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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