It has been 50 years since Francis Fontan pioneered the operation that today bears his
name. Initially designed for patients with tricuspid atresia, this procedure is now offered for a …

In the recent era, no congenital heart defect has undergone a more dramatic change in
diagnostic approach, management, and outcomes than hypoplastic left heart syndrome …

Blood velocity and pressure fields in large arteries are greatly influenced by the
deformability of the vessel. Moreover, wave propagation phenomena in the cardiovascular …

Objective: This multicenter study retrospectively analyzes the data on 114 patients with
protein-losing enteropathy after Fontan-type surgery. Special attention was given to the …

The Fontan procedure is a surgery that is performed on single-ventricle heart patients, and,
due to the wide range of anatomies and variations among patients, lends itself nicely to …

This is an extensive overview of the core and special space–time and Arbitrary Lagrangian–
Eulerian (ALE) techniques developed by the authors' research teams for patient-specific …

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this work is to evaluate the hemodynamic performance of a
new Y-graft modification of the extracardiac conduit Fontan operation. The performance of …

The Fontan palliation was introduced in 1968 to treat cardiac malformations unsuitable for
biventricular repair. This procedure has transformed the surgical management of congenital …

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the mid-term outcome of hospital survivors with
extracardiac Fontan circulation. Background: Few data exist about the mid-term and long …

OBJECTIVE: Computational fluid dynamics have been used to study the hemodynamic
performance of surgical operations, resulting in improved design. Efficient designs with …