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Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15970622 PMCID: PMC1720497 DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.034090
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Dis Child ISSN: 0003-9888 Impact factor: 3.791