Model-Based Comparison of the Normal and Fontan Circulatory Systems—Part III: Major Differences in Performance With Respiration and Exercise

RL Watrous, AJ Chin - World Journal for Pediatric and …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
… It is unclear why measures of submaximal exercise … components of the Fontan circulation
during exercise, including … 4); the coronary resistance in the Fontan was increased by 5% to …

Effect of leisure sports on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with a fontan circulation

A Niemann, K Rinne, JH Hansen, J Scheewe… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
… not associated with reduced exercise capacity. In conclusion, most patients with a Fontan
circulation participate in leisure … In pediatric patients, increased sports activity is associated with …

Evaluation and management of the child and adult with Fontan circulation: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

J Rychik, AM Atz, DS Celermajer, BJ Deal… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
… Within 15 years of the introduction of the first Fontan procedure, early survival improved
markedly; however, a 1%/y continuous hazard for failure was present throughout the follow-up …

Endothelial function and arterial stiffness relate to functional outcomes in adolescent and young adult Fontan survivors

BH Goldstein, EM Urbina, PR Khoury… - … of the American Heart …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
… in Fontan patients and associated with increased ventricular … disease palliated with Fontan
circulation were identified by … with lower submaximal and maximal exercise capacity, cardiac …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic ventricular function in Fontan patients at rest and after exercise at altitude

H Quante, N Müller, JA Härtel, T Jung… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
… The Fontan operation has been performed for decades as a … the control group during
submaximal exercise at high altitude (7)… However, Fontan patients did not show increased values …

[PDF][PDF] Associations between bodyweight and clinical outcome in patients post-Fontan procedure: a systematic review

E Payne, T Wilson, M Haghighi, Z McCallum… - morbidity and …, 2022 - cdn.techscience.cn
… Therefore, we undertook a systematic review of existing literature to better … ↑BMI ≈↓submaximal
exercise score … status in SV children was associated with poor outcome post-Fontan

Single ventricle systolic function and cardiopulmonary exercise performance in adult patients with Fontan circulation

J Rybicka, P Dobrowolski, M Marczak… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… patients is reduced comparing to healthy controls; children and adolescents performing at
… [18] suggest that Fontan patients tolerate better submaximal than anaerobic effort. They …

Mechanism for temporal changes in exercise capacity after Fontan palliation: role of Doppler echocardiography

A Egbe, AR Khan, WR Miranda, NM Ammash… - American heart …, 2018 - Elsevier
… = 39), and submaximal exercise test or suboptimal TTE images … cohort of adults with prior
Fontan operation. The key findings … o 2 ; (3) improved exercise capacity after Fontan conversion …

End‐Organ Function and Exercise Performance in Patients With Fontan Circulation: What Characterizes the High Performers?

SJ Weinreb, KM Dodds, DS Burstein… - … of the American Heart …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
… with a Fontan circulation evaluated at the Children's Hospital of … count associated with better
exercise capacity. Lymphopenia … to improve submaximal measures of exercise performance. …

[HTML][HTML] Altered hemorheology in fontan patients in normoxia and after acute hypoxic exercise

JA Härtel, N Müller, U Herberg, J Breuer… - … in Physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fontan circulation is a unique palliation procedure for several congenital heart defects.
Impaired exercise … fibrinogen was significantly increased after exercise in hypoxia (Fontan p = …