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venousatriumbecausefailureoftheFontancirculationischaracterizedbyan
increaseinpulmonarycollateralflowandhighpulmonaryvenousreturn.Others
areexploringthepossibilityofinsertinganassistdeviceinthepositionofthe
missingsubpulmonaryventricle.Thisstrategymaybeparticularlybeneficialfor
thelargenumberofFontancaseswherefailureoccursinthecontextof
preservedsystolicventricularfunction.Althoughthisstrategyisfeasible,its
limitsremaintobedetermined.Anotherlineofresearchisfocusedonthedesign
ofaright-sidedassistdevicefortheFontancirculationthatwouldcompensate
forthemissingsubpulmonaryventricle.422
NovelTreatmentsforLymphaticDrainage
Abnormalities(PlasticBronchitisandProteinLosingEnteropathy)
Itisonlyintherecentyearsthattherelativecontributionofthelymphatic
circulationtothedemiseoftheFontancirculationhasbeenunveiled(see
earlier).Itseemsthattheincreasedvenousloadingoftheliveratthetimeofthe
Fontancirculationisresponsibleforthegenerationofalargeamountoflymph
thatmayoverloadthecapacityofthelymphaticcirculationtobedrainedbythe
thoracicduct.187,197,423Thisoverloadofpressuremayresultinprolongedpleural
effusion,particularlychylothorax,atthetimeoftheFontan,andsubsequently
plasticbronchitisorPLE.Itiscurrentlypossibletointervenedirectlyinand
obstructselectivelytheconnectinglymphaticchannelresponsibleforthese
complications,andsomeearlysuccesseshavebeenreported.Todecreasethe
productionoflymphbytheliver,operationshavealsobeendesignedthatdivert
thehepaticvenouscirculationintothepulmonaryvenousatrium.424,425Another
approachhasbeentoreconnectthethoracicducttoalowervenouspressureby
anastomosingtheinnominateveintothepulmonaryvenousatrium.426Further
studieswillbetterdefinetheroleoftheseproceduresinthetreatmentofthese
debilitatingconditions.
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