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Many single ventricle patients palliated with the Fontan operation suffer from Fontan failure and progressive liver disease. Combined heart-liver transplantation is a rarely utilized and complex transplant strategy available for… Click to show full abstract
Many single ventricle patients palliated with the Fontan operation suffer from Fontan failure and progressive liver disease. Combined heart-liver transplantation is a rarely utilized and complex transplant strategy available for select Fontan patients. At the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, all Fontan patients deemed eligible for a heart transplantation undergo a combined sequential dual organ transplantation with same-donor organs. This article describes the techniques utilized as well as current results.
Journal Title: Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year Published: 2020
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