Early results of the extracardiac conduit Fontan operation

Among the modifications of the Fontan operation, the extracardiac approach may offer the greatest potential for optimizing early postoperative ventricular and pulmonary vascular function, insofar as it can be performed with short periods of normothermic partial cardiopulmonary bypass and without cardioplegic arrest in most cases. In this study, we reviewed our experience with the extracardiac conduit Fontan operation, with a focus on early...