Contemporary outcomes after the Fontan procedure: a Pediatric Heart Network multicenter study

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 85 - 98
• Main Authors: Anderson, Page A W, Sleeper, Lynn A, Mahony, Lynn, Colan, Steven D, Atz, Andrew M, Breitbart, Roger E, Gersony, Welton M, Gallagher, Dianne, Geva, Tal, Margossian, Renee, McCrindle, Brian W, Paridon, Stephen, Schwartz, Marcy, Stylianou, Mario, Williams, Richard V, Clark, 3rd, Bernard J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Limited 08.07.2008
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age; Age Factors; Cardiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exercise - physiology; Female; Fontan Procedure; Health Status; Heart; Heart - physiology; Heart attacks; Heart Defects, Congenital - blood; Heart Defects, Congenital - pathology; Heart Defects, Congenital - physiopathology; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Heart rate; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans; Male; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Pediatrics; Sex Factors; Statistical methods; Treatment Outcome; Variance analysis; Ventricular Function - physiology
• ISSN: 0735-1097; 1558-3597; 1558-3597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.074

We characterized a large cohort of children who had a Fontan procedure, with measures of functional health status, ventricular size and function, exercise capacity, heart rhythm, and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). The characteristics of contemporary Fontan survivors are not well described. We enro...