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. 2018 Jun 27;7:F1000 Faculty Rev-935. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.13792.1

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Figure 2. — Scheme of pressures in the normal circulation ( A) and the Fontan circulation ( B). This scheme illustrates the effects of the lack of a prepulmonary pump in the Fontan physiology. Red represents oxygenated blood and blue represents deoxygenated blood. Ao, aorta; CV, caval veins; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; P, pulmonary circulation; PA, pulmonary artery; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; S, systemic circulation; V, single ventricle. This figure has been reproduced with permission from Gewillig and Brown and the British Medical Journal Publishing Group Ltd ²⁰.