All children have a natural need to move, play, and perform activities. Physical activity is
necessary for optimal physical, emotional, and psychosocial development for healthy …

The population of adults living with congenital heart disease (CHD) has grown rapidly in
recent decades due to major advances in surgical and medical care. Although the benefits …

The type of intermittent claudication for which exercise training is recommended in the
present guidelines is ischemic claudication due to chronic obstruction of peripheral arteries …

Low levels of habitual physical activity in children and adolescents with congenital heart
disease (CHD) leads to various negative health outcomes, yet review of the literature …

BackgroundAdvances in medical and surgical care have contributed to an important
increase in the survival rates of children with congenital heart disease. However, survivors …

In the last two or three decades, physical activity (PA) has gained increasing recognition as
being essential for maintaining good health and improving quality of life for all ages …

Objectives To assess self-reported quality of life (QOL) in a large multicenter cohort of
adolescent and young adults surviving Fontan. Study design Cross-sectional. The Pediatric …

In patients with a functionally univentricular heart, the Fontan strategy achieves separation of
the systemic and pulmonary circulation and reduction of ventricular volume overload …

Fontan patients have a reduced exercise capacity, primarily owing to limitations in the ability
to augment pulmonary blood flow and stroke volume. To date, the mechanism of peak …

ObjectiveChildren after Fontan palliation have reduced exercise capacity and quality of life.
Our aim was to study whether endurance training could improve physical capacity and …