为探究 Fontan-Associated Liver Disease（FALD），欧洲多中心开展研究，发现其患病率 16%，并明确相关因素及意义。 Fontan 手术自 1970 年应用以来，让众多单心室先天性心脏病患者得以生存。随着手术技术和术后管理的进步，患者生存率显著提高，20 年和 30 年生存率分别 ...

目前尚缺乏广泛认可的Fontan相关肝病（FALD）诊断和随访方案，因此我们开展了一项欧洲范围内的调查，旨在了解现状并制定统一的筛查算法。 方法 在这项横断面定性研究中，2023年8月至2024年4月期间，我们邀请了欧洲39家成人先天性心脏病（ACHD）中心参与关于 ...

Management and decision making in univentricular heart disease and Fontan circulation, represents one of the most complex challenges in congenital ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Melissa Lyle, MD: Hello, everyone. I am Melissa Lyle, cardiology fellow at Mayo Clinic. Today, we will be discussing the management of Fontan patients. I am joined by my colleagues, Dr Alexander Egbe ...

The Fontan procedure has saved the lives of many people born with only one ventricle, but their unique circulatory system requires lifelong medical monitoring and care. A new scientific statement ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For the two-part UNIVERSE study, 12 children who underwent the Fontan procedure were enrolled in a single-arm ...

Atrium: Each of two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the peripheral parts of the body, while the left atrium ...