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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: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 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 W. Powell, Samuel G. Wittekind, Tarek Alsaied, Adam M. Lubert, Clifford Chin, Gruschen R. Veldtman, Rachael Cordina, David A. Katz, Wayne A. Mays, Sandra K. Knecht, Alexander R. Opotowsky   +10 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: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 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‐
Kate H. Marshall, Yves D'Udekem, Gary F. Sholler, Alexander R. Opotowsky, Daniel S. J. Costa, Louise Sharpe, David S. Celermajer, David S. Winlaw, Jane W. Newburger, Nadine A. Kasparian   +9 more
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The Influence of Respiration on Blood Flow in the Fontan Circulation: Insights for Imaging-Based Clinical Evaluation of the Total Cavopulmonary Connection

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect and functionally univentricular heart defects represent the most severe end of this spectrum. The Fontan circulation provides an unique solution for single ventricle patients, by connecting both ...
Séline F. S. van der Woude, Friso M. Rijnberg, Mark G. Hazekamp, Monique R. M. Jongbloed, Sasa Kenjeres, Hildo J. Lamb, Jos J. M. Westenberg, Arno A. W. Roest, Jolanda J. Wentzel   +8 more
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Impairments in Pulmonary Function in Fontan Patients: Their Causes and Consequences

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Patients with a Fontan circulation lack a sub-pulmonary ventricle with pulmonary blood flow passively redirected to the lungs. In the Fontan circulation, ventilation has a significant influence on pulmonary blood flow and cardiac output both at rest and ...
Karina Laohachai, Karina Laohachai, Julian Ayer, Julian Ayer   +3 more
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Anesthetic management of laparoscopic pheochromocytoma excision in a patient with a Fontan circulation: a case report [PDF]

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2014
An 18-year-old male with a Fontan circulation underwent excision of a pheochromocytoma after conversion from laparoscopic surgery. The pneumoperitoneum established for laparoscopic surgery may have adverse effects on the Fontan circulation, because it ...
Hyung-Chul Lee, Karam Nam, Ji-Hyun Lee, Yong-Hee Park, Hee-Soo Kim, Chong-Sung Kim, Jin-Tae Kim   +6 more
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Management of circulatory failure after Fontan surgery

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
With improvement in survival after Fontan surgery resulting in an increasing number of older survivors, there are more patients with a Fontan circulation experiencing circulatory failure each year.
Alicia M. Kamsheh, Matthew J. O’Connor, Joseph W. Rossano   +2 more
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Anesthetic management of cesarean hysterectomy using intra-aortic balloon occlusion in a patient with Fontan circulation and placenta increta: a case report

JA Clinical Reports, 2023
Background In patients with Fontan circulation, hemorrhage can cause life-threatening circulatory collapse, since Fontan circulation strongly depends on the preload.
Eriko Ohsugi, Rie Kato, Yuki Hosokawa, Katsunori Oe   +3 more
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Thromboembolic characteristics and role of anticoagulation in long-standing Fontan circulation

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2022
Introduction: The risk of thromboembolism increases with duration of Fontan circulation. Preventive drug strategies are still discussed controversially. We aimed to characterize clinical relevant thromboembolism in long-standing Fontan circulation and to
Mechthild Westhoff-Bleck, Carolin Klages, Carolin Zwadlo, Kristina Sonnenschein, Jan-Thorben Sieweke, Johann Bauersachs, Harald Bertram, Urte Grosser   +7 more
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Sedation with dexmedetomidine and propofol in children with Fontan circulation undergoing cardiac catheterization: A descriptive study

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2022
Background: A combination of dexmedetomidine and propofol is considered advantageous for maintaining spontaneous breathing with a satisfactory depth of anesthesia. However, the incidence of upper airway obstruction under sedation with dexmedetomidine and
Ayaka Omori, Fumio Watanabe, Taiki Kojima   +2 more
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Hraska procedure for failing Fontan circulation. [PDF]

Kardiochir Torakochirurgia Pol
Kołcz J, Adamczyk K, Rudek-Budzyńska A, Skalski J.   +3 more
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