The Fontan procedure is often the only definitive palliative surgical option for patients with a variety of complex CHD sharing in common, a single, dominant ventricle. In recent decades, imaging and therapeutic improvement have played a crucial role in those patients in whom many complications can hamper their life. After 50 years from the first procedure, heart transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for those with a failing Fontan circulation.
Gargiulo G.D., Bassareo P.P., Careddu L., Egidy-Assenza G., Angeli E., Calcaterra G. (2020). What have we learnt 50 years after the first Fontan procedure?. JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE, 21(5), 349-358 [10.2459/JCM.0000000000000951].
What have we learnt 50 years after the first Fontan procedure?
Gargiulo G. D.
;Careddu L.;Angeli E.;Calcaterra G.
2020
Abstract
The Fontan procedure is often the only definitive palliative surgical option for patients with a variety of complex CHD sharing in common, a single, dominant ventricle. In recent decades, imaging and therapeutic improvement have played a crucial role in those patients in whom many complications can hamper their life. After 50 years from the first procedure, heart transplantation remains the only definitive treatment for those with a failing Fontan circulation.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
