Opinion statement Fontan type palliations are a group of operations employed in patients
with only one functional ventricle. These procedures take the normally parallel pulmonary …

Fontan surgery represents a milestone in the evolution of congenital heart disease
management. It achieved the seemingly improbable (ie, restoration of a noncyanotic state by …

The Fontan operation has been nothing short of revolutionary in its influence on the modern
management of patients born with functionally univentricular hearts. The vast majority of …

The Fontan operation was introduced in 1968. For congenital malformations, where
biventricular repair is unsuitable, the Fontan procedure has provided a long-term palliation …

Application of the Fontan procedure has allowed the survival of many patients with
univentricular cardiac lesions into mid adulthood. Despite its ingenious design …

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 …

While the Fontan operation has facilitated the survival of a generation of children born with
congenital heart disease resulting in a functional single ventricle, it does not recreate a …

It is over 45 years since Fontan [1] and Kreutzer [2] published papers on the surgical
palliation of the univentricular circulation. Their aim was to provide long term survival and …

Introduced by Fontan and Kreutzer 50 years ago, the unique impact of the Fontan operation
cannot be overstated, offering a true perspective for children born with complex …

Since the original description, the Fontan operation has been widely used for the palliation
of children with single ventricle physiology. Although the Fontan operation revolutionized the …