Once the baby's lungs are mature enough, the second-stage operation, called hemi-Fontain, is performed to correct excessive blood flow in infants with single ventricle heart defect.
In this short video, experts from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia explain how a hemi-Fontan operation is performed.
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