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Body Composition and Exercise Performance in Youth With a Fontan Circulation: A Bio‐Impedance Based Study

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020
Background Adults with a Fontan circulation tend to have myopenia and elevated adiposity when measured by dual energy x‐ray absorptiometry. Bioelectrical impedance analysis is an alternative validated approach to assess body composition.
Adam M Lubert, Rachael L Cordina, Tarek Alsaied   +2 more
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Health‐Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Adults With a Fontan Circulation: A Meta‐Analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2020
Background People with a Fontan circulation experience a range of physical, psychosocial and neurodevelopmental challenges alongside, or caused by, their cardiac condition, with significant consequences for health‐related quality of life (HRQOL). We meta‐
David Celermajer, David Winlaw, Nadine Kasparian   +2 more
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Unifying nomenclature describing the individuals with Fontan circulation [PDF]

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Language shapes clinical care, research interpretation, and patient identity, particularly in chronic and heterogeneous conditions. Individuals living with a Fontan circulation represent a growing and diverse population unified by a surgically created ...
Ashish H. Shah, David Renaud, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan, Miriam Michel   +3 more
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Exercise Intolerance, Benefits, and Prescription for People Living With a Fontan Circulation: The Fontan Fitness Intervention Trial (F-FIT)—Rationale and Design

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Background: Despite developments in surgical techniques and medical care, people with a Fontan circulation still experience long-term complications; non-invasive therapies to optimize the circulation have not been established.
Derek L. Tran, Derek L. Tran, Derek L. Tran, Derek L. Tran, Hannah Gibson, Andrew J. Maiorana, Andrew J. Maiorana, Charlotte E. Verrall, Charlotte E. Verrall, David W. Baker, David W. Baker, Melanie Clode, David R. Lubans, Diana Zannino, Andrew Bullock, Suzie Ferrie, Julie Briody, Peter Simm, Vishva Wijesekera, Michelle D'Almeida, Sally E. Gosbell, Sally E. Gosbell, Sally E. Gosbell, Glen M. Davis, Robert Weintraub, Robert Weintraub, Anthony C. Keech, Anthony C. Keech, Anthony C. Keech, Rajesh Puranik, Rajesh Puranik, Martin Ugander, Robert Justo, Dominica Zentner, Dominica Zentner, Avik Majumdar, Avik Majumdar, Leeanne Grigg, Leeanne Grigg, Jeff S. Coombes, Yves d'Udekem, Norman R. Morris, Norman R. Morris, Julian Ayer, Julian Ayer, David S. Celermajer, David S. Celermajer, David S. Celermajer, Rachael Cordina, Rachael Cordina, Rachael Cordina, Rachael Cordina   +51 more
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Percutaneous interventions in Fontan circulation [PDF]

International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature, 2015
Introduction and objectives: Different percutaneous interventional procedures are needed to reach and maintain adequate anatomical and physiological conditions for the Fontan circulation.
Eduardo Franco, Enrique José Balbacid Domingo, Viviana Arreo del Val, Luis Garcia Guereta Silva, María Jesús del Cerro Marín, Aurora Fernández Ruiz, Fernando Villagrá, Federico Gutiérrez-Larraya Aguado   +7 more
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Diagnosis of Diastolic Dysfunction in Adults With Failing Fontan Circulation

JACC: Advances
Since the initial Fontan procedure introduced in 1968 for tricuspid atresia, significant advancements have expanded its application to various congenital cardiac anomalies where a biventricular circulation is unattainable. Despite improved survival rates,
Ibrahim M. Khayyat, MD, Maria Victoria Ordonez, MD, Ariane Marelli, MD, Judith Therrien, MD   +3 more
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Bile acid dysregulation in Fontan circulation: A Parallel to hyperglycemia in diabetes? [PDF]

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Survivors of the Fontan circulation increasingly develop late multisystem complications, including liver disease, cardiac dysfunction, and frailty, despite stable hemodynamics.
Ashish H. Shah
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Heart transplantation outcomes in patients with Fontan circulation: Updated systematic review and meta-analysisCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open
Objective: A subset of patients with Fontan circulation develops progressive circulatory failure requiring advanced therapies such as heart transplantation. We performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate survival and complication
Andrey Semyashkin, MD, Alina Sandica, MD, Stephan Schubert, MD, Stephan Molatta, MD, Leonid Gherta, MD, Lotfi Ben Mime, MD   +5 more
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Varicocelectomy Restores Spermatogenesis in Fontan‐Associated Varicocele: A Two‐Case Series

IJU Case Reports
Introduction Fontan circulation may cause chronic venous hypertension and predispose patients to varicocele and infertility, but the clinical significance of surgical treatment remains unclear.
Yusuke Tominaga, Tomoko Kobayashi, Yuko Matsumoto, Takatoshi Moriwake, Nariaki Ozaki, Takuya Sadahira, Satoshi Katayama, Shingo Nishimura, Kensuke Bekku, Motoo Araki   +9 more
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The Fontan Circulation [PDF]

JACC: Basic to Translational Science
Vivek Muthurangu, MD (res)
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