{"id":10629,"date":"2026-09-27T02:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T23:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10629"},"modified":"2026-09-27T02:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T23:34:11","slug":"transcatheter-fontan-completion-without-open-heart-surgery-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/transcatheter-fontan-completion-without-open-heart-surgery-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcatheter Fontan Completion Without Open-Heart Surgery | September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Transcatheter Fontan Completion Without Open-Heart Surgery | September 2026<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Patient: A 2-year-old child with double-outlet right ventricle.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Procedure: One of the first successful transcatheter Fontan completions in the U.S., performed at Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Technique: A covered stent was deployed through a pathway prepared during the previous Glenn surgery, directing blood from the IVC to the pulmonary arteries.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Benefits: Avoided repeat sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass, allowing faster recovery.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Clinical significance: A less invasive alternative to surgical Fontan completion in carefully selected children, requiring advance planning.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Source: Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, September 9, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.nicklauschildrens.org\/news-events\/press-releases\/first-transcatheter-fontan-completion-in-the-country-on-a-two-year-old-child\"><span>\u00a0https:\/\/legacy.nicklauschildrens.org\/news-events\/press-releases\/first-transcatheter-fontan-completion-in-the-country-on-a-two-year-old-child<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcatheter Fontan Completion Without Open-Heart Surgery | September 2026 Patient: A 2-year-old child with double-outlet right ventricle. Procedure: One of the first successful transcatheter Fontan completions in the U.S., performed at Nicklaus Children\u2019s Hospital, Miami. Technique: A covered stent was deployed through a pathway prepared during the previous Glenn surgery, directing blood from the IVC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10630,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10629\/revisions\/10630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}