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Epicardial cardioverter defibrillator implantation due to post-fontan ventricular tachycardia

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2020
Long-term survival of patients submitted to a Fontan procedure is reduced because of arrhythmias. Late post-Fontan ventricular tachycardia is extremely rare, but it can be fatal. Consequently, the implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Nikolaos A Papakonstantinou, Vasileios Patris, Ilias Samiotis, Michalis Koutouzis, Giasemi Koutouzi, Mihalis Argiriou   +5 more
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Central Bank Digital Currencies, Financial Inclusion, and Privacy: A Normative Perspective

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) are a digital form of a nation's money, issued by its central bank. As opposed to other forms of digital money, such as electronic bank balances or cryptocurrencies, they are centrally managed legal tender.
Andrew Allison, Alexander William Salter
wiley   +1 more source

Functional hepatic deterioration determined by 13C-methacetin breath test is associated with impaired hemodynamics and late Fontan failure in adults

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
BackgroundDespite improved survival a substantial number of Fontan patients eventually develop late failure. Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) is the most frequent end-organ dysfunction.
Anastasia Schleiger, Peter Kramer, Hannes Sallmon, Niklas Jentsch, Marta Pileckaite, Friederike Danne, Marie Schafstedde, Marie Schafstedde, Marie Schafstedde, Hans-Peter Müller, Tobias Müller, Frank Tacke, Maximilian Jara, Martin Stockmann, Felix Berger, Felix Berger, Stanislav Ovroutski   +16 more
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Multiscale Modeling of a Geometrically Tunable Shunt for Growing Pediatric Patients With Single Ventricle Physiology

Artificial Organs, EarlyView.
Here we investigated the development of a geometrically tunable blood for patients with single ventricle physiology. Two multiscale cardiovascular models were customized and implemented at timepoints spanning across the beginning and end of the shunt‐use period.
Ellen E. Garven, Ethan Kung, Randy M. Stevens, Christopher B. Rodell, Amy L. Throckmorton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Which criteria should be used to select patients for the Fontan operation?

, 2021
The Fontan operation has improved the survival of children born with single ventricle physiology. Selecting candidates for the Fontan operation may be difficult on borderline cases.
Almodovar, Melvin C, Mulinari, Leonardo   +1 more
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Urban inequalities and marginalization of the Social and Solidarity Economy: A comparative analysis in the Sants‐Montjuïc district in Barcelona

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how urban inequalities influence the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) through a study of two Barcelona neighbourhoods. It evaluates the limitations of SSE promotion policies implemented between 2016 and 2024, focusing on their impact on diversifying socio‐enterprise initiatives and fostering cooperative ecosystems with
Santiago Eizaguirre Anglada, Javier Vergel Faro, Jordi Bonet Martí   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fontan’s operation: An expanded horizon

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1980
The Fontan principle of redirecting systemic venous blood into the pulmonary arteries via a conduit has now gained a much wider application than initially intended. We have applied this type of operation in a series of 15 patients, five of whom had "classical" tricuspid atresia with concordant arterial connections.
C, Marcelletti, E, Mazzera, H, Olthof, P S, Sebel, D R, Düren, T G, Losekoot, A E, Becker   +6 more
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A Simple Predictive Factor for Mortality in Fontan Surgery: Serum Hypo-Osmolality [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: Close follow-up is important after the Fontan procedure, which is a palliative surgical method for a single ventricle. In this period, serum osmolality is an important parameter with the advantages of easy to obtain and poor outcome prediction.
Baburhan Ozbek, Nursen Tanrıkulu
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Social life in adult patients after Fontan procedure

The Cardiothoracic Surgeon, 2022
Background Little is known about the social life in adult patients after Fontan palliation. The study aimed to assess the long-term social life of patients after Fontan surgery, including school achievement, employment, and marital status.
Mohammed S. Alhabdan, Eman A. Alzayer, Murtadha H. Alawami, Fareed A. Khouqeer   +3 more
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A qualitative assessment of quantitative easing sentiment

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract This mixed‐method study undertakes a comprehensive inquiry of the public discourse on social media surrounding quantitative easing (QE) across the US, the UK, and the European Union. Utilizing a unique tweet dataset, we reveal the sentiment polarity toward QE policy to be strongly negative, at 71.27%, with positive sentiment a mere 4.25 ...
Niamh Wylie, Martha O’Hagan‐Luff
wiley   +1 more source