In 1968, Fontan and his colleagues successfully separated the pulmonary and systemic blood flow in a patient with tricuspid atresia by placing the circulations in series, with the single ventricle ...

As patients with congenital heart diseases live longer, researchers are attempting to understand some of the other complications they may face as they age. A team from Children's Hospital of ...

Melissa Lyle, MD: Hello, everyone. 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 ...

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The Fontan operation and its variants have become the procedures of choice in patients with one anatomical or functional ventricular chamber. In a normal biventricular heart, the systemic and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have identified risk factors for early and late ...

1 Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital, Kraków, Poland Introduction: A hemodynamic derangement in Fontan ...

The letter by Asrani et al. (May 2 issue) 1 reports cases of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients who have undergone Fontan palliation for univentricular hearts. Our practice includes yearly screening ...

In a normal biventricular circulation the right atrium has four main functions: it acts as a pump, a reservoir, an initiator and propagator of sinus impulse, and it has a neurohumoral role of ...

Philadelphia, April 24, 2024 – As patients with congenital heart diseases live longer, researchers are attempting to understand some of the other complications they may face as they age. In a new ...