Dicky Fakhri, Pribadi Wiranda Busro, Budi Rahmat, Salomo Purba, Oktavia Lilyasari, Toshihide Asou
BACKGROUND: By rerouting the systemic venous return into the pulmonary circulation, the Fontan operation is perhaps the most effective palliative procedure in patients with complex congenital heart disease. The Fontan, however, still comes with several significant complications and morbidities, one of them being postoperative prolonged pleural effusion. In our center from 2017 to 2021, 10% of all our patients who underwent Fontan operation developed prolonged pleural effusion. With this study, we aimed to analyze the preoperative use of sildenafil for 6 months and its role in prolonged pleural effusion after the Fontan operation...
2023: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology