Background Patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) undergoing staged
palliation until Fontan procedure are at risk for impaired neurodevelopmental (ND) outcome …

Background Most single ventricle patients undergo Fontan procedure in a staged manner.
However, optimal timing of Fontan completion after an intermediate staging surgery is …

Background Typically, a Fontan connection is constructed as either a lateral tunnel (LT)
pathway or an extracardiac (EC) conduit. The LT is formed partially by atrial wall and is …

Background Small pulmonary arteries (PAs) are often considered as a contraindication for
the Fontan operation (FO). The aim of this study was to evaluate if the PA size is still one of …

Objectives We investigated the impact of additional antegrade pulmonary blood flow on the
long-term outcomes after bidirectional Glenn shunt. Methods From 2001 to 2015, 279 …

Objective We sought to identify the impact of pulmonary artery size on outcomes after
nonfenestrated total cavopulmonary connection. In a subgroup of patients with right-sided …

We developed models of pulmonary artery (PA) size in Fontan patients as a function of age
and body surface area (BSA) using linear regression and breakpoint analyses based on …

Fontan surgery has allowed the survival of patients born with a functionally single ventricular
circulation. Initial modifications to the Fontan surgery have improved survival to the point that …

Physiologically, shunt procedures do not alleviate cyanosis but increase volume-loading of
the single ventricle, which can have deleterious effects [3]. Fontan surgery alleviates …

Reply to the Editor: We appreciate the letter by Xu and colleagues regarding our article, and
we are delighted with their thoughtful insights into our results. 1 They insist on the …