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  • Title: Relationship of pulmonary artery size to mortality in patients undergoing the Fontan operation.
    Author: Girod DA, Rice MJ, Mair DD, Julsrud PR, Puga FJ, Danielson GK.
    Journal: Circulation; 1985 Sep; 72(3 Pt 2):II93-6. PubMed ID: 4028371.
    Abstract:
    The size of the pulmonary arteries, measured intraoperatively, was correlated with operative mortality in 90 patients who underwent the Fontan operation. There was no significant difference in the cross-sectional area of the right and left pulmonary arteries/body surface area (PA index) between survivors and nonsurvivors. There was no significant difference in mortality rates between patients with a PA index greater than 250 and those with a PA index less than 250 mm2/m2. Survival was observed with cross-sectional area as low as 188 mm2/m2.
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