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“Frontiers in Fontan failure: A summary of conference proceedings”

Camden Hebson^1,2, Wendy Book¹, Robert W. Elder³, Ryan Ford⁴, Maan Jokhadar¹, Kirk Kanter⁵, Brian Kogon⁵, Adrienne H. Kovacs⁶, Rebecca D. Levit¹, Michael Lloyd¹, Kevin Maher², Preeti Reshamwala⁴, Fred Rodriguez III^1,2, Rene Romero⁷, Thor Tejada¹, Anne Marie Valente⁸, Gruschen Veldtman⁹, Michael McConnell^1,2

1 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
3 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT
4 Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
5 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
6 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR
7 Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
8 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA
9 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

* Corresponding Author: Camden Hebson, M.D., 1365 Clifton Road NE, Building A, 2nd floor Cardiology, Atlanta, GA. Email:

Congenital Heart Disease 2017, 12(1), 6-16.

Abstract

“Frontiers in Fontan Failure” was the title of a 2015 conference sponsored by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine. In what is hoped to be the first of many such gatherings, speakers and attendees gathered to discuss the problem of long-term clinical deterioration in these patients. Specific focuses included properly defining the problem and then discussing different treatment strategies, both medical and surgical. The health of the liver after Fontan palliation was a particular point of emphasis, as were quality of life and future directions.

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