In a first-of-its-kind intervention, doctors repair a life-threatening congenital heart defect in a six-year-old without open ...

In these cases, a type of open heart surgery called the Fontan procedure is done as the final part of a series of surgeries needed to ensure healthy circulation in the body. The congenital heart ...

Alexander Egbe, MBBS: Thank you. Sameh Said, MD: Thank you. Dr Lyle: Can you give us a brief overview of the Fontan operation? Dr Said: The Fontan operation was initially designed by Francis ...

More information: Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis et al, Biventricular Repair of Univentricular Heart Lowers Risk of Liver Disease Compared With the Fontan Operation, JACC: Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j ...

The Fontan operation, which places the systemic and pulmonary circulations in series and is driven by a single ventricular chamber, is the treatment of choice for patients born with one ventricle.

For the two-part UNIVERSE study, 12 children who underwent the Fontan procedure were enrolled in a single-arm analysis of the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of rivaroxaban (Xarelto ...

1 The Fontan principle has since become well established for the management of single-ventricle circulations; however, many questions remain about the selection criteria for the procedure ...

1 We report four cases of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with congenital heart disease with univentricular physiology that was palliated by means of the Fontan procedure (Table 1).

For many children, the safest accepted option for a single-ventricle heart is to undergo staged surgeries culminating in a Fontan procedure. "In the end, these procedures do not create a normal ...

Liver disease risk lower with biventricular repair The new study compared the case histories of 516 patients, evenly split between those who had either biventricular repair or the Fontan procedure ...

The letter by Asrani et al. (May 2 issue) 1 reports cases of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients who have undergone Fontan palliation for univentricular hearts. Our practice includes yearly ...