Georges Ephrem1, Camden Hebson2, Anitha John3, Estella Moore4, Maan Jokhadar4, Ryan Ford5, Gruschen Veldtman6, Yoav Dori7, Michelle Gurvitz8,9, Brian Kogon10, Adrienne Kovacs11, Meghan Roswick, Michael McConnell12, Wendy M. Book4, Fred Rodriguez III4,12
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.2, pp. 128-137, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12685
Abstract The initial “Frontiers in Fontan Failure” conference in 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia, provided an
opportunity for experts in the field of pediatric cardiology and adult congenital heart disease
to focus on the etiology, physiology, and potential interventions for patients with “Failing
Fontan” physiology. Four types of “Fontan Failure” were described and then published by Dr
Book et al. The acknowledgment that even Dr Fontan himself realized that the Fontan proce‐
dure “imposed a gradually declining functional capacity and premature late death after an initial
period of often excellent palliation.” The purpose of the second “Frontiers… More >
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