24-Year Results of Non-Fenestrated Extracardiac Fontan Including Fontan Conversions.

CONCLUSIONS: Over the past 24 years our strategy of non-fenestrated extracardiac Fontan has achieved low operative mortality for both initial Fontan and Fontan conversion. There is a steady attrition of Fontan patients to cardiac transplantation, with a key risk factor being preoperative ventricular dysfunction. PMID: 32795523 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 10, 2020 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Stephens EH, Talwar AA, Devlin PJ, Eltayeb O, Mongé MC, Tsao S, Backer CL Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research