Abstract Background The Fontan procedure, the last of a series of palliative operations for
patients born with single ventricles, is associated with a significant late burden of …

The Fontan procedure (FP) is the standard surgical treatment for Univentricular heart
diseases. Over time, the Fontan system fails, leading to pathologies such as protein-losing …

Abstract Background Following the Norwood operation, unfavorable hemodynamic or
anatomic factors might disqualify children from progressing through subsequent palliative …

Objective The objective of this European multicenter study was to report surgical outcomes
of Fontan takedown, Fontan conversion and heart transplantation (HTX) for failing Fontan …

Objective The 'hybrid procedure', consisting of surgical banding of the pulmonary arteries
with intraoperative stenting of the arterial duct, was developed as primary palliation in …

Objective Heart transplantation in children with underlying congenital heart disease has
traditionally been associated with inferior outcomes. We report our single institution …

BACKGROUND: Recent reports suggest worse outcomes in pediatric orthotopic heart
transplantation (OHT) for congenital heart disease (CHD) and restrictive cardiomyopathy …

In infants with aortic arch hypoplasia and small left-sided cardiac structures, successful
biventricular repair is dependent on the adequacy of the left-sided structures. Defining …

OBJECTIVES Heart transplantation in children after univentricular palliation is a technical
challenge. As the national referral centre for heart transplantation in children, we review …

Since the first heart transplantation procedure was performed almost 50 years ago, heart
transplantation has undergone a startling transformation from an experimental, high-risk …