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Short Editorial Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(2):136-137 Guimarães Fontan-Kreutzer conversion to total cavopulmonary surgery due to failing univentricular circulation 1. Gewillig M. The Fontan circulation. Heart 2005; 91:839–46. 2. Khairy P, Fernandes SM, Mayer JE Jr, Triedman JK, Walsh EP, Lock JE, et al., Long-term survival, modes of death, and predictors of mortality in patients with Fontan surgery, Circulation.2008;117(1):85-92. 3. Firdouse M, Agarwal A, Chan, AK ,Mondal T, Thrombosis and thromboembolic complications in fontan patients: a literature review, Clin. Appl. Thromb. Hemost.2014;20(5):484-92. 4. Fernandes GC, Silva GVR, Caneo LF, Tanamati C, Turquetto AL, Jatene MB. ResultadosdaconversãodacirurgiadeFontan-Kreutzerparacavo-pulmonar total devido falência da circulação univentricular. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(2):130-135. 5. Poh CL, Cochrane A, Galati JC, Bullock A, Celermajer DS, Gentles T et al. Ten-year outcomes of Fontan conversion in Australia and New Zealand demonstrate the superiority of a strategy of early conversion. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016;49(2):530-5. 6. Mavroudis C, Deal BJ, Fontan conversion: literature review and lessons learned
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