Methods Our literature review included all full articles published in English language on the
Cochrane, MedLine, and Embase with references to “single ventricle” and “univentricular …

Ventricular assist device for Fontan: who, when and why? : Current Opinion in
Anesthesiology Ventricular assist device for Fontan: who, when and why? : Current Opinion …

OBJECTIVES There are no data on long-term outcomes beyond 30 years after the Glenn
procedure without the subsequent Fontan procedure in patients with single-ventricle …

The past few decades have witnessed substantial advances in the treatment of complex
congenital heart defects, with most significant advances in surgical treatment strategies and …

Borderline left ventricle cases present considerable difficulties in determining the most
effective surgical approaches. The evolution of approaches in the field has shifted from …

Background Patients with single ventricle (SV) without Fontan palliation are uncommon, and
their long-term outcomes remain unclear. Methods Retrospective study of 35 adult patients …

Stack and colleagues have described their single center experience with attrition prior to
Fontan operation in children who had a prior Norwood operation [1]. They highlight the …

Background: Few experimental model systems are available for the rare congenital heart
diseases of double inlet left ventricle (DILV), a subgroup of univentricular hearts, and …

Background: The Fontan procedure is the final stage of a three-stage palliation process in
patients born with a univentricular heart as part of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) or …

Survival to adult life in patients born with “functionally” single ventricle, without any surgical
treatment, as natural history, is extremely rarely reported [1–7]. In general, these group of …