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Diagram 156:
Fontan procedure (atriopulmonary connection)

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Legend:
1.  Direct right atrial to pulmonary artery anastomosis (Fontan procedure) for:
2.  Tricuspid atresia, plus
3.  Restrictive ventricular septal defect (oversewn)
4.  Patch closure of atrial septal defect

D. Mayer and C. Mullins, Congenital Heart Disease, A Diagrammatic Atlas. New York: Alan R. Liss, Inc, 1988. p. 5.

This material is used by permission of Wiley-Liss, a subsidiary of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 
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