Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are at risk of developing progressive liver fibrosis, a buildup of fibrous deposits, as a result of the ...

A higher pulmonary vascular resistance index during exercise, but not at rest, predicts poor clinical outcomes in adults with ...

Patients with congenital heart disease and Fontan physiology had a high prevalence of chronic venous insufficiency in what researchers called the first assessment to document this correlation. The U.S ...

Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are at risk of developing progressive liver fibrosis, a buildup of fibrous deposits, as a result of the ...

Fontan operation is a surgical procedure for a complex congenital heart defect in children. Patients who undergo the Fontan surgery are at a risk of developing progressive liver fibrosis, this could ...

A multi-center study has identified critical risk factors that increase the likelihood of death in children with a heart defect who are awaiting or have recently undergone heart transplantation, ...

The Fontan operation and its variants have become the procedures of choice in patients with one anatomical or functional ventricular chamber. In a normal biventricular heart, the systemic and ...

Pediatric heart specialists in the Single Ventricle Care Program provide expert consultation and treatment of the unique issues that arise after the Norwood, Glenn and Fontan operations. For example, ...

Hamish was a pioneer, the youngest patient to have the operation, named Fontan after its inventor. It turned a very sick two-year-old into an active toddler. Now, as the five-year-old looks forward to ...

These new codes will allow for improved clinical documentation, insurance reimbursement, and health system recognition of the unique and complex needs of patients living with Fontan physiology. "This ...