… Our results demonstrate that conversion of a failing Fontan connection to a TCPC can be
accomplished safely and successfully, with resultant improvement in functional and …

… importantly, avoid a failing Fontan. A conventional cardiologist looks at a Fontan circulation
with a biased eye: … The Fontan circulation, however, appears to be an exception to that rule. …

… Mechanical circulatory support for destination therapy or as a bridge to organ transplantation
is in its infancy for failing Fontan circulation. Medical therapy and routine surveillance may …

… for 34% of all deaths after Fontan. Heart failure in the Fontan circulation is common, 12
progressive, … Ventricular failure in single ventricle may respond incompletely to standard medical …

… Because the Fontan circulation is at risk of the so-called Fontan attrition in the long term, we
advocate a close, proactive clinical follow-up to evaluate the correct timing for a conversion …

… of Fontan circulation and conversion to biventricular circulation … Failing Fontan physiology
was defined as Fontan circulation … converting patients with a suboptimal Fontan circulation to a …

… modes of circulatory failure in patients with a Fontan circulation and examine management
… obstruction, and Fontan conversion to a lateral tunnel or extracardiac Fontan, which is used …

… worldwide today with Fontan circulation, and this population is expected to double in the
next 20 years. In the absence of a subpulmonary ventricle, Fontan circulation is characterized …

… as a surgical strategy for a failing Fontan circulation in the early postoperative phase with
high risk for mortality. There is no difference in survival after Fontan conversion or HTX. Hence, …

Review Article Drug therapy in the prevention of failure of the Fontan circulation: a systematic
review Page 1 Review Article Drug therapy in the prevention of failure of the Fontan …