What procedures are done to correct or improve the condition of patients with single ventricle?
What procedures are done to correct or improve the condition of patients with single ventricle?
First stage: limit blood flow to lungs; shunt with pulmonary artery ligation
Second stage: shunt is removed and superior vena cava blood directed to pulmonary artery (Glenn's shunt)
Third stage: Fontan's procedure: inferior vena cava venous return directed to pulmonary artery