Background Meta-analysis of the impact on clinical outcome from transcatheter closure of
Fontan fenestration. Methods Cochrane, Embase, MEDLINE, and Open-Gray were …

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the mid-term outcome of hospital survivors with
extracardiac Fontan circulation. Background: Few data exist about the mid-term and long …

THE FONTAN PROCEDURE, AS CONCEIVED AND performed by Fontan and Baudet, 1 is
now entering its 4th decade. While initially applied to patients with tricuspid atresia, the …

Methods: Between 1988 and 1995, 60 patients with complex cardiac anomalies underwent
a total extracardiac cavopulmonary connection, a combination of a bidirectional …

To better understand risk factors associated with early postoperative death or failure, we
reviewed our entire experience with 702 consecutive patients who had the modified Fontan …

Background: Lack of conduit growth potential and thrombogenicity are the main drawbacks
of the extracardiac Fontan operation (ECFO). Optimal size of the conduit according to the …

Objectives: The aim of this report is to examine the short-and intermediate-term outcome of a
complex biventricular repair compared with a single ventricle repair in patients with two …

Objective The study objective was to determine whether the extracardiac conduit Fontan
confers an arrhythmia advantage over the intracardiac lateral tunnel Fontan. Methods This …

Background: Late morbidity and mortality after the Fontan operation are largely due to atrial
arrhythmias, ventricular failure, and thrombus formation. The extracardiac Fontan procedure …

BACKGROUND: We sought to investigate the role of the bidirectional Glenn with antegrade
pulmonary blood flow in the surgical history of children with univentricular hearts …