OBJECTIVES: Techniques and strategies in the Fontan procedure have evolved over the years, including the evolution from a one-to two-stage procedure. With such adjustments made, attention should shift towards survival analysis, including bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt (BCPS) and interstage mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the trends in the overall mortality of all patients who underwent a BCPS or one-stage Fontan procedure at our institution in the period of 1975-2011. METHODS: Using a single-institution, retrospective design, we reviewed the patient records of 203 patients from the University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, who underwent a Fontan procedure or a BCPS (with the intention to complete cavopulmo...
ObjectivesWe sought to determine whether the type of shunt used at stage one palliation (S1P) affect...
ObjectiveFenestration during Fontan palliation has traditionally been used to decrease surgical morb...
ObjectivesWe sought to evaluate the early and late results of the modified Fontan operation for pati...
OBJECTIVES: Techniques and strategies in the Fontan procedure have evolved over the years, including...
Objectives.This study sought to evaluate changes in early morbidity and mortality as well as predict...
Objectives: In 1992, an analysis of our experience with the cavopulmonary shunt (CPS) demonstrated e...
ObjectivesThis study examined changes in practice and analyzed risk factors for adverse early outcom...
ObjectivesDespite the known advantages of the extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure, the long-term o...
Background—To determine whether patients undergoing the lateral tunnel and extracardiac conduit modi...
Background—To better define determinants of mortality in patients with univentricular physiology, a ...
ObjectiveDating back to the first published report of the Fontan circulation in 1971, multiple studi...
Background: The Fontan operation eliminates the systemic hypoxemia and ventricular volume overload c...
Abstract Background The Fontan procedure has been modified several times since it was introduced int...
The modified Fontan operation (MF) is the preferred palliative procedure for heterotaxy pts (HP) wit...
Objectives: The bi-directional cavopulmonary anastomosis forms an essential staging procedure for un...
ObjectivesWe sought to determine whether the type of shunt used at stage one palliation (S1P) affect...
ObjectiveFenestration during Fontan palliation has traditionally been used to decrease surgical morb...
ObjectivesWe sought to evaluate the early and late results of the modified Fontan operation for pati...
OBJECTIVES: Techniques and strategies in the Fontan procedure have evolved over the years, including...
Objectives.This study sought to evaluate changes in early morbidity and mortality as well as predict...
Objectives: In 1992, an analysis of our experience with the cavopulmonary shunt (CPS) demonstrated e...
ObjectivesThis study examined changes in practice and analyzed risk factors for adverse early outcom...
ObjectivesDespite the known advantages of the extracardiac conduit Fontan procedure, the long-term o...
Background—To determine whether patients undergoing the lateral tunnel and extracardiac conduit modi...
Background—To better define determinants of mortality in patients with univentricular physiology, a ...
ObjectiveDating back to the first published report of the Fontan circulation in 1971, multiple studi...
Background: The Fontan operation eliminates the systemic hypoxemia and ventricular volume overload c...
Abstract Background The Fontan procedure has been modified several times since it was introduced int...
The modified Fontan operation (MF) is the preferred palliative procedure for heterotaxy pts (HP) wit...
Objectives: The bi-directional cavopulmonary anastomosis forms an essential staging procedure for un...
ObjectivesWe sought to determine whether the type of shunt used at stage one palliation (S1P) affect...
ObjectiveFenestration during Fontan palliation has traditionally been used to decrease surgical morb...
ObjectivesWe sought to evaluate the early and late results of the modified Fontan operation for pati...