RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Current treatment and prognosis in children with functionally univentricular hearts
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 757
OP 762
DO 10.1136/adc.2003.034090
VO 90
IS 7
A1 R Kaulitz
A1 M Hofbeck
YR 2005
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/7/757.abstract
AB For more than 30 years Fontan-type procedures have been performed for surgical treatment in patients with functionally univentricular hearts. Advances in proper patient selection, staging of the Fontan palliation, and modifications of the surgical technique resulted in continuous improvement of the surgical results during the past two decades. However, increasing experience with medium term and long term follow-up of the Fontan circulation has drawn attention to a number of sequelae and chronic complications affecting a significant number of patients.