The use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices is a viable therapeutic treatment
option for patients with congestive heart failure. Ventricular assist devices, cavopulmonary …

Over the last four decades, the Fontan operation has been the treatment of choice for
children born with complex congenital heart diseases and a single-ventricle physiology …

Objectives Adult patients who have undergone the Fontan procedure are highly vulnerable
to gradual, progressive circulatory failure, and options to reverse this situation are few. A …

The number of patients with the failing Fontan physiology is increasing. We tested a novel in
situ microaxial pump (Impella) to support the failing atrio-pulmonary Fontan circulation in an …

OBJECTIVES Patients with a single ventricle survive thanks to the Fontan palliation.
Nevertheless, there is a growing number of Fontan patients with progressive heart failure. To …

An intravascular axial flow pump is being developed as a mechanical cavopulmonary assist
device for adolescent and adult patients with dysfunctional F ontan physiology. Coupling …

Failing single‐ventricle (SV) patients might benefit from ventricular assist devices (VADs) as
a bridge to heart transplantation. Considering the complex physiopathology of SV patients …

Mechanical circulatory support offers an alternative therapeutic treatment for patients with
dysfunctional single ventricle physiology. An intravascular axial flow pump is being …

A cavopulmonary assist device (CPAD) has been developed for failing Fontan support. This
CPAD pumps blood from superior/inferior vena cavae (SVC/IVC) to pulmonary artery. In this …

Background Patients with single-ventricle physiologies continue to experience insufficient
circulatory power after undergoing palliative surgeries. This paper proposed a right heart …