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'''Congenital [[heart]] disease''' is a niche area of a niche area. | '''Congenital [[heart]] disease''' is a niche area of a niche area. | ||
==Paediatric cardiac surgery== | |||
===Operations for LHHS=== | |||
====Fontan procedure==== | |||
*Blood from right atrium goes directly to the lungs. | |||
There is the original Fontan procedure and two variants: | |||
- Atriopulmonary connection (the original). | |||
- Intracardiac total cavopulmonary connection (lateral tunnel). | |||
- Extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection. | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://www.radrounds.com/photo/fontan-procedure-in Fontan procedure (radrounds.com)]. | |||
====Norwood procedure==== | |||
*Pulmonary artery is attached to the aorta. | |||
*The lungs are perfused by a Blalock-Taussig shunt (subclavian artery -> pulmonary artery) or a Sano shunt (single ventricle -> synthetic conduit -> pulmonary artery). | |||
Images: | |||
*[http://hlhs-awareness-uk.com/norwood.aspx LHHS (hlhs-awareness-uk.com)]. | |||
*[http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/CongenitalHeartDefects/AboutCongenitalHeartDefects/Single-Ventricle-Defects_UCM_307037_Article.jsp Single ventricle defects (heart.org)]. | |||
==Ventricular septal defect== | ==Ventricular septal defect== | ||