Over the past five decades, the Fontan procedure has been developed to improve the life
expectancy of patients with congenital heart defects characterized by a functionally single …

The field of biological pumps is a subset of cardiac tissue engineering and focused on the
development of tubular grafts that are designed generate intraluminal pressure. In the …

Background The long-term impact of ventricular dominance on Fontan outcomes is
controversial. This study examined this issue in a 25-year cohort. Methods Patients …

Management of borderline left heart can be divided into single ventricle and biventricular
repair strategies. Recently, the strategy of left heart recruitment has been applied to select …

Objectives: The indications, timing, and results of the so-called “one-and-a-half ventricle
repair”, as a surgical alternative to the creation of the Fontan circulation, or high-risk …

Background: Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are important measures in acquired heart
disease but have not been well defined in Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD). Our aim …

Background: The Fontan procedure is considered one of the most remarkable achievements
in paediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery. Its final anatomical objective is a venous return …

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare cardiac transplant operative and
postoperative courses of patients with failed Fontan physiology who were initially palliated …

Infants born with functional single ventricle (FSV) cardiac defects—a severe subset of
congenital heart disease—often undergo staged surgical palliation, culminating in the …