Background: Despite developments in surgical techniques and medical care, people with a
Fontan circulation still experience long-term complications; non-invasive therapies to …

Surgical repair for children born with single-ventricle congenital heart disease, culminating
in the Fontan operation, has resulted in dramatic improvements in survival; children born …

Background: People with a Fontan circulation usually have moderately impaired exercise
performance, although a subset have high physical performance (“Super-Fontan”), which …

Approximately 1/2500 babies are born with only one functioning ventricle and the Fontan is
the third and, ideally final staged palliative operation for these patients. This altered …

Today, it is anticipated most individuals diagnosed with single-ventricle malformation will
survive surgical reconstruction through a successful Fontan operation. As greater numbers …

Background Despite the frequent use of the 6-minute walk test (6MWT), exercise capacity
has not been assessed with the incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) in patients who have …

Background Patients with a single ventricle who experience early life growth failure suffer
high morbidity and mortality in the perisurgical period. However, long‐term implications of …

Aims Fontan palliation is a surgical strategy for patients with complex congenital heart
disease, in whom biventricular circulation cannot be achieved. Long‐term survival is …

Background Skeletal muscle deficits are associated with worse exercise performance in the
Fontan circulation and may be improved by exercise training. We aimed to assess the …

OBJECTIVE: In the SVR trial (Single Ventricle Reconstruction), newborns with hypoplastic
left heart syndrome were randomly assigned to receive a modified Blalock-Taussig-Thomas …