The<unk>  is used in pediatric patients who possess only a single functional ventricle, either due to lack of a heart valve (e.g. tricuspid or mitral atresia), an abnormality of the pumping ability of the heart (e.g. hypoplastic left heart syndrome or hypoplastic right heart syndrome), or a complex congenital heart disease where a bi-ventricular repair is impossible or inadvisable. The surgery allows blood to be delivered to the lungs via central venous pressure rather than via the right ventricle. Patients typically present as neonates with cyanosis or congestive heart failure.<unk>  completion is usually carried out when the patient is 2–5 years of age, but is also performed before 2 years of age.
Fontan procedure
Omphalotomy
Arterial switch operation
Norwood procedure
Atrial septostomy
Cordotomy
Aortopulmonary window
Blalock–Taussig shunt