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What have we learnt 50 years after the first Fontan procedure?

Giuseppe CalcaterraLucio CaredduPier Paolo BassareoGaetano GargiuloGabriele Egidy-assenzaEmanuela Angeli

subject

medicine.medical_specialtymedicine.medical_treatmentHeart VentriclesMEDLINEFontan ProcedureHistory 21st CenturyUniventricular HeartFontan circulationFontan procedureRisk FactorsMedicineHumansVentricular FunctionTreatment Failurecardiovascular diseasesIntensive care medicineHeart transplantationbusiness.industryHemodynamicsGeneral MedicineRecovery of FunctionHistory 20th CenturyHeart TransplantationDiffusion of InnovationCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessFontan total cavopulmonary connection univentricular heart

description

The Fontan procedure is often the only definitive palliative surgical option for patients with a variety of complex CHD sharing in common, a single, dominant ventricle. In recent decades, imaging and therapeutic improvement have played a crucial role in those patients in whom many complications can hamper their life. After 50 years from the first procedure, heart transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for those with a failing Fontan circulation.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2020-05-01
10.2459/jcm.0000000000000951http://hdl.handle.net/11585/765847