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Clinical Results of the Staged Fontan Procedure in High-Risk Patients
Authors:Munetaka Masuda MD  Hideaki Kado MD  Yuichi Shiokawa MD  Kouji Fukae MD  Masao Suzuki MD  Eiji Murakami MD  Hisataka Yasui MD
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a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children’s Hospital, and Department of Cardiac Surgery, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Abstract:Background. For high-risk Fontan candidates, the introduction of a bidirectional Glenn shunt before total cavopulmonary connection (a two-staged strategy) may extend the indications for the Fontan procedure. The clinical results of the two-staged and one-staged Fontan procedure were thus reviewed and compared.

Methods. Between November 1991 and July 1996, the two-staged strategy was performed in 40 high-risk Fontan candidates with a mean interval of 17.2 months after introducing the bidirectional Glenn shunt (staged group). We considered a young age (<2 years), high mean pulmonary arterial pressure (≥20 mm Hg), high pulmonary vascular resistance (≥3 Wood units), small pulmonary artery (Nakata index <200 mm2/m2), atrioventricular valve incompetence (≥ moderate), distortion of pulmonary artery, anomalous pulmonary venous return, and poor ventricular function as risk factors for the successful completion of Fontan circulation. During the same pe-riod, 68 patients underwent the modified Fontan procedure in a one-step fashion (primary group).

Results. In the staged group after the bidirectional Glenn shunt, the mean pulmonary arterial pressure and ventricular end-diastolic pressure were both found to have decreased significantly to the same level as those in the primary group, whereas the pulmonary artery demonstrated a significantly smaller size than that in the primary group. Operative morbidity was similar in both groups. Operative mortality was also similar and low in both groups (1.5% in the primary group and 0% in the staged group).

Conclusions. A bidirectional Glenn shunt was found to be a useful interim palliation in high-risk Fontan candidates. This two-staged strategy may extend the operative indications for the Fontan procedure.

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