Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect and functionally univentricular
heart defects represent the most severe end of this spectrum. The Fontan circulation …

The Fontan procedure is the final palliative surgery in a series of staged surgeries to reroute
the systemic venous blood flow directly to the lungs, with the ventricle (s) pumping …

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is the most common anatomic lesion in children
born with single-ventricle physiology and is characterised by the presence of a dominant …

Patients with a Fontan circulation lack a sub-pulmonary ventricle with pulmonary blood flow
passively redirected to the lungs. In the Fontan circulation, ventilation has a significant …

The Fontan operation has resulted in significant improvement in survival of patients with
single ventricle physiology. As a result, there is a growing population of individuals with …

Congenital cardiac patients who received neonatal reconstructive aortic arch surgery are at
risk of aortopulmonary space narrowing with compression of the left pulmonary artery and …

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Sažetak Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) is the most common birth defects in humans
affecting~ 1% of live births worldwide. CHDs are structural abnormalities of the heart arising …