When considering whether a child who has a single-ventricle heart defect would benefit more from biventricular repair or the ...

The Fontan operation is the current standard of care for single-ventricle congenital heart disease. In this surgery, blood ...

Given that the invention of the Fontan procedure dates back only four decades, the majority of adult survivors after this operation are still in their twenties, few in their thirties and survivors ...

The type of the Fontan procedure to palliate single ventricle patients changes every decade, making it difficult to predict their future clinical profiles. ACHD patients who develop frank heart ...

Listed under Table 6A of the proposed rule, the following new diagnostic codes represent the first-ever formal classification of complications specific to the Fontan circulation: ...

These new codes will allow for improved clinical documentation, insurance reimbursement, and health system recognition of the unique and complex needs of patients living with Fontan physiology. "This ...