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“Frontiers in Fontan failure: A summary of conference proceedings” |
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| Authors: | Camden Hebson MD Wendy Book MD Robert W. Elder MD Ryan Ford MD Maan Jokhadar MD Kirk Kanter MD Brian Kogon MD Adrienne H. Kovacs PhD Rebecca D. Levit MD Michael Lloyd MD Kevin Maher MD Preeti Reshamwala MD Fred Rodriguez III MD Rene Romero MD Thor Tejada MD Anne Marie Valente MD Gruschen Veldtman MD Michael McConnell MD |
| Affiliation: | 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 |
| 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. |
| Keywords: | Fontan congenital heart disease cirrhosis circulatory failure hepatology cardiac surgery |