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Review
. 2015 Jan:32 Suppl 2:S166-76.
doi: 10.1111/echo.12133. Epub 2014 May 29.

Echocardiographic evaluation of univentricular physiology and cavopulmonary shunts

Elisa Zaragoza-Macias  1 , Rebecca G Schwaegler, Karen K Stout
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Echocardiographic evaluation of univentricular physiology and cavopulmonary shunts

Elisa Zaragoza-Macias et al. Echocardiography. 2015 Jan.

Abstract

The term univentricular heart (UH) defines complex congenital heart disease that lacks a pulmonic ventricular chamber either in the original anatomy or the final palliation. The prevalence of patients with this type of physiology continues to increase due to improved surgical palliative procedures. This review will outline the physiology, complications, and echocardiographic approach to image patients with palliated UH.

Keywords: Fontan procedure; congenital heart disease; echocardiography.

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