Longitudinal Change in Exercise Capacity and Predictors of Performance After Fontan: Results From the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan 3 Study

DJ Goldberg, V Zak, BW McCrindle, H Ni, J Rhodes… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
… =0.02) were associated with better performance at VAT. There … Fontan connection at either
maximal or submaximal exercise. Conclusion: Submaximal aerobic exercise capacity is better

[HTML][HTML] The “Super-Fontan” phenotype: characterizing factors associated with high physical performance

DL Tran, DS Celermajer, J Ayer, L Grigg… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
exercise capacity in people with a Fontan circulation appears to be associated with better
or if results were considered to be submaximal effort defined as a peak respiratory exchange …

Exercise capacity in children and adolescents with corrected congenital heart disease

G Feltez, CC Coronel, LC Pellanda, JL Lukrafka - Pediatric Cardiology, 2015 - Springer
… The recommendation for increased safe physical activity in … to evaluate the submaximal
exercise capacity in children and … patients submitted to Fontan surgery was significantly lower …

Effects of persistent Fontan fenestration patency on cardiopulmonary exercise testing variables

ME Heal, LB Jackson, AM Atz… - Congenital heart …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
… , who had undergone Fontan operation at a participating … include increased systemic
oxygen saturation, increased Fontan (… of CPET variables at submaximal exercise may be more …

Caval blood flow during supine exercise in normal and Fontan patients

VE Hjortdal, TD Christensen, SH Larsen… - … of Thoracic Surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
… We hypothesized that extracardiac TCPC has betterFontan circulation may be present at
higher exercise levels. … In conclusion, at submaximal levels of lower limb exercise, patients with …

Adverse Effect of Bundle Branch Block on Exercise Performance in Patients with Fontan Physiology: From the Pediatric Heart Network Fontan Public Data Set

O Meziab, E Dereszkiewicz, CE Guerrero, AW Hoyer… - Pediatric …, 2024 - Springer
… with the Fontan procedure, the cardiac physiology of these … exercise parameters at AT are
better measures of exercise … we must rely on the submaximal CPET characteristics reported at …

Prognostic power of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in Fontan patients: a systematic review

S Udholm, N Aldweib, VE Hjortdal, GR Veldtman - Open Heart, 2018 - openheart.bmj.com
… on submaximal tests, authors did not limit the analysis to Fontan … response to exercise after
the Fontan operation for tricuspid … . Exercise testing identifies patients at increased risk for …

Slow kinetics of oxygen uptake in patients with a Fontan-type circulation

L Mertens, T Reybrouck, B Eyskens… - Pediatric …, 2003 - journals.humankinetics.com
… threshold and maximal and submaximal exercise tolerance (2,4). … the early phase of exercise
in patients after Fontan surgery. … an increased oxygen deficit at the onset of exercise, the …

Fontan fenestration closure has no acute effect on exercise capacity but improves ventilatory response to exercise

J Meadows, P Lang, G Marx, J Rhodes - Journal of the American College of …, 2008 - jacc.org
Fontan procedures as palliation of single ventricle physiology… and its modifications have
resulted in improved survival for a … blood flow during submaximal exercise. We believe that this …

Becoming 'Super Fontan': Is slim and athletic the best prescription to improve prognosis in patients with Fontan circulation?

I Kasouridis, I Rafiq, M Brida - … Journal of …, 2023 - internationaljournalofcardiology.com
… without a sub-pulmonary ventricle, thousands of children around the world, born with the
most … movement with improved oxygen pulse data on CPET and better exercise performance [ …