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Images in cardiology
Subtotal obstruction of a tube fenestrated fontan conduit
  1. S Moodley1,
  2. S K Gandhi2,
  3. K C Harris1
  1. 1Division of Cardiology, British Columbia Children's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  2. 2Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery, British Columbia Children's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Dr Kevin C Harris, Division of Cardiology, British Columbia Children's Hospital, 4480 Oak Street, 1F Clinic, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3V4; kharris2{at}cw.bc.ca

https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2013-304377

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    A boy with Ebstein's anomaly underwent uneventful, staged palliation to a fontan circulation. Fontan completion consisted of a 16 mm Gore-Tex extracardiac conduit between the inferior vena cava (IVC) and right pulmonary artery. A 6 mm polytetrafluoroethylene tube graft was anastamosed end-to-side between the extracardiac conduit and the right atrium to create a fenestration. Two surgical clips were placed in the mid-portion of the graft to reduce the fenestration lumen. Catheterisation …

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    • Contributors All of the authors have contributed to the writing and editing of the text and selection, retrieval, and editing of the images seen in this report. Each of the authors approves of the content of this report and has approved of the final version submitted to Heart for peer review.

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