Complete Thrombosis of the Conduit and Inferior Vena-cava Early After Extracardiac Fontan Operation

Abstract

Conduit thrombosis is a rare catastrophic complication of Fontan procedure. We report a case wherein the entire conduit and most of the inferior vena-cava got thrombosed within 8 days of the Fontan procedure. The patient was successfully managed by a surgical thrombectomy and Fontan takedown.

Keywords

• Extracardiac Fontan complication
• Fontan thrombosis
• surgical thrombectomy in Fontan thrombosis