Contemporary Outcomes of the Fontan Operation: A Large Single-Institution Cohort

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 108; no. 5; pp. 1439 - 1446
• Main Authors: Mery, Carlos M., De León, Luis E., Trujillo-Diaz, Daniel, Ocampo, Elena C., Dickerson, Heather A., Zhu, Huirong, Adachi, Iki, Heinle, Jeffrey S., Fraser, Charles D., Ermis, Peter R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Female; Fontan Procedure; Humans; Infant; Male; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Reoperation; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Treatment Failure; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

The Fontan procedure is the accepted standard for single-ventricle palliation. The goal of this study was to determine short- and midterm outcomes of patients undergoing a Fontan operation at a single institution and to identify contemporary risk factors for acute and chronic failure. All patients u...