The physiological consequences of the Fontan circulation impose risk for hepatic
dysfunction and may culminate in hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma …

Importance Flortaucipir positron emission tomography (PET) scans, rated with a novel, US
Food and Drug Administration–approved, clinically applicable visual interpretation method …

Introduction: Improved survival following single ventricle palliation has led to a large
population of patients with a univentricular circulation, many of whom develop heart failure …

Objectives: Despite the outstanding success of the Fontan operation, it is a palliative
procedure and a substantial number of patients experience late failure of the Fontan …

OBJECTIVES Fontan patients are known to suffer from clinical attrition over the years, which
has been characterized as Fontan failure. We sought to evaluate the clinical outcomes of …

Purpose Uneven flow distribution in patients with Fontan circulation is suspected to lead to
complications. 4D flow MRI offers evaluation using time‐resolved pathlines; however, the …

Survival of patients with congenital heart disease has significantly improved over the last 2
decades, confronting interventionalists, surgeons, anesthesiologists, cardiologists, and …

The survival rate of patients with congenital heart disease (CHD) has dramatically improved
over the last 2 decades because of technological and surgical advances in diagnosis and …

The cavo-pulmonary connection, commonly known as Fontan circulation, was first reported
in 1972 by Fontan and Baudet. This chapter discusses the fundamentals of the Fontan …

A novel cavopulmonary assist strategy with a multi-lumen cannula powered by an external
centrifugal pump is proposed for use in failing Fontan patients. Steady-state computational …