It has been 50 years since Francis Fontan pioneered the operation that today bears his
name. Initially designed for patients with tricuspid atresia, this procedure is now offered for a …

Visualization and quantification of the adverse effects of distorted blood flow are important
emerging fields in cardiology. Abnormal blood flow patterns can be seen in various …

Heterotaxy is defined as an abnormality where the internal thoraco-abdominal organs
demonstrate abnormal arrangement across the left-right axis of the body. This broad term …

Children with functional single ventricle heart disease are commonly palliated down a
staged clinical pathway toward a Fontan completion procedure (total cavopulmonary …

Children and adults with single ventricle congenital heart disease (CHD) develop many
sequelae during staged surgical palliation. Universal pulmonary vascular sequelae in this …

OBJECTIVE: Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are an important but uncommon
complication of cavopulmonary connection, particularly in patients with heterotaxy. Absence …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to review the CT appearance of postoperative
morphology and complications after surgical correction of congenital heart anomalies …

BACKGROUND: It is well known that hepatic vein (HV) inclusion can ameliorate cyanosis in
patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas (PAVFs) during the sequence of Fontan type …

Objective. Published case reports suggest that congenital portosystemic venous
connections (PSVC) and other abdominal venous anomalies may be relatively frequent and …

Background We aimed to evaluate the effect of age at operation on postoperative outcomes
in children undergoing a Kawashima operation. Methods The Society of Thoracic Surgeons …