A novel mechanism for improved exercise performance in pediatric Fontan patients after cardiac rehabilitation

S Wittekind, W Mays, Y Gerdes, S Knecht… - Pediatric …, 2018 - Springer
… who had undergone the Fontan operation and were followed by pediatric cardiologists at …
both peak and submaximal exercise performance in pediatric Fontan patients after a 12 week …

Importance of Physical Activity and Exercise in Paediatric Fontan Patients

PE Longmuir - CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 - cjcpc.ca
… output to meet the increased metabolic demands, but the Fontan circulation has limited ability
to … The authors also reported 2 studies that suggested an improved submaximal exercise

Exercise capacity and predictors of performance after Fontan: results from the pediatric heart network Fontan 3 study

…, SM Paridon, Pediatric Heart Network Investigators - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
… While the reason for better performance during sub-maximal exercise was not delineated
in the present study, it is likely related to inherent limitations of the Fontan circulation. In the …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise capacity and training programs in paediatric Fontan patients: a systematic review

JE Herrmann, ESS Tierney - CJC Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, 2022 - Elsevier
Children born with single-ventricle anatomy and physiology, … in the Fontan operation to
establish a total cavopulmonary … programs reported improved submaximal exercise parameters …

Aerobic exercise and inspiratory muscle training increase functional capacity in patients with univentricular physiology after Fontan operation: a randomized controlled …

ALR Turquetto, MR Dos Santos, DR Agostinho… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… Our main finding was that aerobic exercise and inspiratory muscle training improved peak
… Evaluation and management of the child and adult with fontan circulation: a scientific …

Exercise training for people living with Fontan circulation: an underutilized intervention

M Khoury, R Cordina - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2022 - Elsevier
… that children and adults living with Fontan circulation are at … and peak power output,
submaximal measures are useful, … in the Fontan circulation results in increased venous pressure …

Exercise performance in adolescents with fontan physiology (from the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Public Data Set)

MD Seckeler, BJ Barber, JN Colombo… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increased interest in quality of life and the prevention of … 6 to 18 years old who had
undergone Fontan surgery. We … values for peak and submaximal exercise parameters for this …

[HTML][HTML] Prognostic value of maximal and submaximal exercise performance in Fontan patients< 15 years of age

CTE de Los Monteros, LM Harteveld, IM Kuipers… - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
… of cardiac morbidity survival curve after Fontan procedure. To test … better on several CPET
parameters (specially submaximal … capacity over time already starts during childhood in this …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise pathophysiology and testing in individuals with a Fontan circulation

AK Mahendran, D Katz, AR Opotowsky… - CJC Pediatric and …, 2023 - Elsevier
submaximal exercise, such as at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold (VO 2 at AT), the limitations
of Fontan physiologyAfter training, participants had significantly increased muscle mass…

Sports practice predicts better functional capacity in children and adults with Fontan circulation

J Rato, A Sousa, S Cordeiro, M Mendes… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Peak oxygen uptake (peak VO 2 ) and its decline predict death or serious
cardiovascular adverse events in patients with Fontan circulation. Our aim was to study VO 2 in a …