Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8131, 510 S. Kingshighway, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Pediatr Radiol. 2012 Feb;42(2):233-41. doi: 10.1007/s00247-011-2225-x. Epub 2011 Aug 24.
The Fontan operation is the primary surgical procedure used in the palliation of patients with univentricular cardiac physiology. With improved survival of children with congenital heart disease, long-term complications of the Fontan circuit are being encountered more frequently. Radiologists are more likely to see both the cardiac and extracardiac complications of the Fontan circuit. Awareness of the common extracardiac complications in children with failing Fontan circuits will aid the radiologist in making the appropriate diagnosis and guide the cardiologist caring for these patients.
法洛四联症手术是治疗单心室心脏生理患者的主要手术方法。随着先天性心脏病患儿生存率的提高，法洛四联症循环的长期并发症也越来越常见。放射科医生更有可能看到法洛四联症循环的心脏和心脏外并发症。了解心力衰竭的法洛四联症患儿常见的心脏外并发症将有助于放射科医生做出正确的诊断，并指导治疗这些患者的心脏病专家。
