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 ...

Fontan physiology poses unique anaesthetic challenges due to passive pulmonary circulation, preload dependence and elevated venous pressures. We present a case of a parturient in her 20s with Fontan ...

1. Which doctor should I consult for a Fontan procedure? You should consult a cardiac or heart surgeon for this procedure. 2. How long does the Fontan procedure take? Starting with administration of ...

Collecting liver tissue from 22 postoperative patients with long-term post-Fontan surgery, researchers have found a specific liver fibrosis to develop from the sinusoidal region which is difficult to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA — In a phase 3 study, the phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE-5) inhibitor udenafil (Mezzion Pharma) did not improve the primary end point of oxygen consumption at peak exercise, but was associated ...

Patients with Fontan circulatory failure face higher mortality risk while awaiting or after undergoing heart transplantation, if they have certain health complications, according to a multi-center ...