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Cardiac MRI for Fontan candidates after intrapulmonary-artery septation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2022

Motonori Ishidou*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
Keisuke Sato
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
Kisaburo Sakamoto
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Motonori Ishidou, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Children’s Hospital, Urushiyama 860, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka 420-8660, Japan. Tel: 054-247-6251; E-mail: i5180835@yahoo.co.jp

Abstract

Intrapulmonary-artery septoplasty may be effective for establishing two-lung Fontan circulation in patients with unilateral pulmonary circulation. However, evaluation of the function of each lung by conventional modalities can be challenging in these patients due to differing sources of blood flow to the left and right lungs following intrapulmonary-artery septation. Herein, we report a case in which two-lung Fontan circulation was successfully achieved after using cardiac MRI along with conventional modalities to evaluate pulmonary circulation.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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