Adults with congenital heart disease who underwent the Fontan operation to palliate single
ventricle heart defects—by direct connection of caval venous return to the pulmonary …

The Fontan operation is performed as a palliative procedure to improve survival in infants
born with a functionally univentricular circulation. The success of the operation is …

Many complex cardiac malformations are characterized by the existence of only one
functional ventricle, which has to maintain both the systemic and pulmonary circulations …

The Fontan procedure is an operation created for patients with single ventricular physiology.
These patients have the potential to survive well into adulthood, however new problems can …

The purpose of the Fontan operation is to effectively normalize the circulation pathway in
patients with a single ventricle. Pulmonary blood flow is established by a direct systemic …

OBJECTIVES We investigated the results of a revision of a previous Fontan connection to
total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) in patients with failing Fontan circulation …

It has been 50 years since Francis Fontan pioneered the operation that today bears his
name. Initially designed for patients with tricuspid atresia, this procedure is now offered for a …

Background Patients undergoing the Fontan procedure may have extended hospital stay
due to various postoperative factors including prolonged chest tube drainage. Our aim was …

Background—The Fontan procedure is the definitive operation for palliation of complex
congenital heart disease with single-ventricle physiology. Fenestration of the Fontan circuit …

The Fontan circulation was one of the “big ideas” in congenital heart disease in the 1970s.
This completely novel type of circulation was at first the source of some astonishment but …