Tarek Alsaied, Rahul H Rathod, Jamil A Aboulhosn, Werner Budts, Jeffrey B Anderson, Helmut Baumgartner, David W Brown, Rachael Cordina, Yves D'udekem, Salil Ginde, David J Goldberg, Bryan H Goldstein, Adam M Lubert, Erwin Oechslin, Alexander R Opotowsky, Jack Rychik, Kurt R Schumacher, Anne Marie Valente, Gail Wright, Gruschen R Veldtman
AIMS: The Fontan operation has resulted in improved survival in patients with single-ventricle congenital heart disease. As a result, there is a growing population of teenagers and adults with a Fontan circulation. Many co-morbidities have been increasingly recognized in this population due to the unique features of the Fontan circulation. Standardization of how Fontan co-morbid conditions are defined will help facilitate understanding, consistency and interpretability of research and clinical experience...
October 2021: ESC Heart Failure