Arrhythmias after the Fontan procedure

Arrhythmias after the Fontan procedure.

OBJECTIVE To study the determinants and outcome of arrhythmias after the Fontan type operation. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of data in patients operated on between 1972 and 1986 (follow up 5-19 years (mean 12 years)). PATIENTS All 60 patients undergoing a Fontan type procedure at the National Heart Hospital, London, during the study period (mean age (SD) 12.3 (6.8) years). RESULTS Posto...

Cardiac transplantation after the Fontan or Glenn procedure.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to review the clinical course and outcome of cardiac transplantation after a failed Glenn or Fontan procedure. BACKGROUND Late complications of the Glenn or Fontan procedure, including ventricular failure, cyanosis, protein-losing enteropathy, thromboembolism, and dysrhythmias often lead to significant morbidity and mortality. If other therapies are in...

Renal abscess after the Fontan procedure: a case report

INTRODUCTION The Fontan procedure is an intervention that helps to correct single ventricle physiology. There are many known long-term complications of 'Fontan physiology'. However, the occurrence of renal abscess in such patients has not yet been reported in the literature. The first generation of adults has now undergone the procedure and it is necessary to be aware of the long-term outcomes ...

Ablation of arrhythmias in adult patients after Fontan operation.

The Fontan procedure in adults.

SETTING Tertiary adult congenital cardiac referral centre. DESIGN Retrospective cross sectional analysis. OBJECTIVES To report our 20 year experience with adult Fontan operations, and to compare late outcome in patients with single ventricle with definitive aortopulmonary or cavopulmonary shunt palliation. PATIENTS AND MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patients older than 18 years undergoing Fontan o...