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Impact of pulsatile pulmonary blood flow on cardiopulmonary exercise performance after the Fontan procedureCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: To evaluate the exercise capacity in patients following Fontan–Kreutzer, Fontan–Björk, and total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC). Methods: Patients who performed exercise capacity tests at least once after the Fontan procedure between 1979 and
Lukas Klemm, MS, Frank Klawonn, MSc, PhD, Christoph Röhlig, MD, Thibault Schaeffer, MD, Helena Staehler, MS, Paul Philipp Heinisch, MD, PhD, Nicole Piber, MD, Alfred Hager, MD, PhD, Peter Ewert, MD, PhD, Jürgen Hörer, MD, PhD, Masamichi Ono, MD, PhD   +10 more
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Adenosine-Sensitive Focal Atrial Tachycardia Late After Atriopulmonary Connection Fontan Procedure: A Case Report. [PDF]

J Arrhythm
We describe a case of adenosine‐sensitive focal atrial tachycardia (AT) in a patient late after atriopulmonary connection (APC) Fontan procedure. Radiofrequency application successfully abolished the AT; meanwhile, conversion to total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) and/or Maze procedure may fail to suppress the AT because the origin was crista ...
Kinjo T, Takeuchi D, Toyohara K, Inai K, Shoda M.   +4 more
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27 years of experience with the Fontan procedure: characteristics and clinical outcomes of children in a tertiary referral hospital [PDF]

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2023
Background The Fontan operation has improved the survival of children born with congenital heart disease with single ventricle physiology. The most widely adopted variations of the Fontan procedure are the extracardiac conduit, the lateral tunnel ve the ...
Ahmet Bülent Polat, Murat Ertürk, Ozan Uzunhan, Nur Karademir, Kazım Öztarhan   +4 more
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Fontan procedure on deep hypothermic circulatory arrest: Short-term results and technique [PDF]

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2022
Background : Various operative strategies are described for the Fontan procedure. In this study, we describe our short-term results and technique of Fontan procedure on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA). Methods :
Dhananjay P Malankar, Shivaji Mali, Shyam Dhake, Amit Mhatre, Dilip Bind, Bharat Soni, Dinesh Kandavel, Jinil Raj, Parvez Patel, Swati Garekar   +9 more
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Feasibility and Safety of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Adults with Heart Failure after the Fontan Procedure [PDF]

Case Reports in Cardiology, 2022
Sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors have been widespread in patients with heart failure; however, there is little information regarding its feasibility and safety among patients after the Fontan procedure.
Jun Muneuchi, Yuichiro Sugitani, Masaru Kobayashi, Hiroki Ezaki, Hiromu Yamada, Mamie Watanabe   +5 more
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Computational analysis of serum-derived extracellular vesicle miRNAs in juvenile sheep model of single stage Fontan procedure [PDF]

Extracellular Vesicle, 2022
Patients with single ventricle heart defects requires a series of staged open-heart procedures, termed Fontan palliation. However, while lifesaving, these operations are associated with significant morbidity and early mortality.
Hyun-Ji Park, John M. Kelly, Jessica R. Hoffman, Felipe Takaesu, William Schwartzman, Anudari Ulziibayar, Takahiro Kitsuka, Eric Heuer, Asigul Yimit, Raphael Malbrue, Cole Anderson, Adrienne Morrison, Aymen Naguib, Christopher Mckee, Andrew Harrison, Brian Boe, Aimee Armstrong, Arash Salavitabar, Andrew Yates, Toshiharu Shinoka, Sergio Carrillo, Christopher K. Breuer, Michael E. Davis   +22 more
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Interventional catheterization in pediatric patients after Fontan procedure [PDF]

REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)
To the Editor, The advances made in surgical techniques followed by the best candidate selection process possible and optimal preparation of patients eligible for surgery have contributed to reducing early postoperative mortality in patients treated with
Alberto Mendoza Soto, Leticia Albert de la Torre, Marta Flores Fernández, Dolores Herrera Linde, Belén Toral Vázquez, Ana Caro Barri   +5 more
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Pregnancy Outcomes in Women after the Fontan Procedure [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023
Agnieszka Bartczak-Rutkowska, Lidia Tomkiewicz-Pajak, Katarzyna Kawka-Paciorkowska   +2 more
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Long-term outcomes of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with analysis of the Norwood procedure in infants following bilateral pulmonary artery bandingCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open, 2023
Objective: To investigate the early and long-term outcomes of the deferred Norwood procedure by bilateral pulmonary artery banding (BPAB) versus the neonatal Norwood procedure.
Yoshikiyo Matsunaga, MD, Fumiaki Shikata, MD, PhD, Norihiko Oka, MD, PhD, Toru Okamura, MD, PhD, Takahiro Tomoyasu, MD, PhD, Masahiro Kaneko, MD, PhD, Takamichi Inoue, MD, Kenta Matsui, MD, Kagami Miyaji, MD, PhD   +8 more
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The complication of Fontan procedure using extracardiac conduit

International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, 2021
Background: Recently, Fontan operation using extracardiac conduit (EC) has grown to be the most common procedure. However, as the existing history is relatively short, prevalence rates of complications have not been clarified.
Yoshihiko Kodama, Shinichiro Oda, Shintaro Umemoto, Ayako Kuraoka, Yuichi Ishikawa, Makoto Nakamura, Toshihide Nakano, Hideaki Kado, Ichiro Sakamoto, Kisho Ohtani, Tomomi Ide, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Koichi Sagawa   +12 more
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