The so-called "one-and-a-half" ventricular repair: where are we after 40 years?
Ujjwal Kumar ChowdhuryRobert Henry AndersonNiraj Nirmal PandeySundeep MishraLakshmi Kumari SankhyanNiwin GeorgeMaroof A KhanShikha GojaPublished in: Cardiology in the young (2023)
The so-called "one-and-a-half ventricular repair", which is better described as production of one-and-a-half circulations can be performed as a definitive palliative procedure with an acceptable risk similar to that of conversion to the Fontan circulation. The operation reduces the surgical risk for biventricular repair and reverses the Fontan paradox.