In these cases, a type of open heart surgery called the Fontan procedure is done as the final part of a series of surgeries needed to ensure healthy circulation in the body. The congenital heart ...

Figure 1: The different types of Fontan circulation. Progress in surgical practice has resulted in a more-efficient, streamlined circulation, 9 with less suturing and better preparation of the ...

The Fontan operation is now among the most common procedures performed to treat complex congenital cardiac defects not amenable to biventricular repair. The advent of the Norwood procedure to ...

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The Fontan circulation (FC)—when the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it to the body—is life-sustaining for individuals with single ventricle type of congenital heart ...

Pediatric heart specialists in the Single Ventricle Care Program provide expert consultation and treatment of the unique issues that arise after the Norwood, Glenn and Fontan operations. For example, ...

For the two-part UNIVERSE study, 12 children who underwent the Fontan procedure were enrolled in a single-arm analysis of the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of rivaroxaban (Xarelto ...

Fourteen children from ages 8 to 16 with a condition called single ventricle circulation, or “Fontan” circulation, met once a week for two months to learn singing and breathing techniques and ...

I am Melissa Lyle, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. Today, we will be discussing the management of Fontan patients. I am joined by my colleagues, Dr Alexander Egbe and Dr Sameh Said, who both ...

1 We report four cases of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with congenital heart disease with univentricular physiology that was palliated by means of the Fontan procedure (Table 1).