Impact of pulsatile pulmonary blood flow on cardiopulmonary exercise performance after the Fontan procedureCentral MessagePerspective

Impact of pulsatile pulmonary blood flow on cardiopulmonary exercise performance after the Fontan procedureCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: To evaluate the exercise capacity in patients following Fontan–Kreutzer, Fontan–Björk, and total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC). Methods: Patients who performed exercise capacity tests at least once after the Fontan procedure between 1979 and 2007 were included. Patients after Fontan–Bjö...

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Main Authors: Lukas Klemm, MS, Frank Klawonn, MSc, PhD, Christoph Röhlig, MD, Thibault Schaeffer, MD, Helena Staehler, MS, Paul Philipp Heinisch, MD, PhD, Nicole Piber, MD, Alfred Hager, MD, PhD, Peter Ewert, MD, PhD, Jürgen Hörer, MD, PhD, Masamichi Ono, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:JTCVS Open
Subjects:
atriopulmonary connection (Fontan–Kreutzer)
atrioventricular connection (Fontan–Björk)
total cavopulmonary connection
exercise capacity
peak oxygen uptake
pulsatile pulmonary blood flow
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273623002279

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