A Specialized Surgical Team - Advancing Care for Children With Single Ventricle Defect (6 of 12)
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Channel: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · 2013 · Science & Technology
Surgery for single ventricle heart defects is among the most complex of heart procedures performed on the smallest of hearts. Children born with single ventricle defects require a series of open heart procedures over several years to reconfigure the heart and circulatory system, creating what is known as Fontan circulation. Visit http://heart.chop.edu/sv to learn more about single ventricle heart defects.
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