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Among hundreds of cardiac mechanical assist devices, the application of an intra-aortic balloon pump or ascending aortic balloon to support extracardiac conduit Fontan circulation is another new concept that can improve the power source of Fontan surgery. Two extracardiac balloons are placed around short superior vena caval and extracardiac conduits, which are powered by an intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation machine. They can synchronously expand or contract to squeeze blood from the superior and inferior venae cavae into the pulmonary artery.
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Qiao, B., Wu, L.L., Jiang, Y.Y. (2018). Pulsating Balloon Assisted Fontan Surgery’s Total Cavopulmonary Circulation. In: Qiao, B., Liu, Z., Weng, Y., Yoganathan, A. (eds) Surgical Atlas of Functional Single Ventricle and Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8435-5_18
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