Leigh C Reardon, Jeannette P Lin, Glen S VanArsdell, Fady M Kaldas, Gentian Lluri, Weiyi Tan, Katrina M Whalen, Daniel Cruz, Ali Nsair, Mario C Deng, Melissa A Moore, Hillel Laks, Reshma M Biniwale, Sammy Saab, Andrew Baird, James M Wilson, Lorraine N Lubin, Jure Marijic, Tiffany M Williams, Christopher L Wray, Joseph S Meltzer, Vadim Gudzenko, Wolf B Kratzert, Jacques Neelankavil, Robert S Venick, Jamil A Aboulhosn
Purpose of the Review: This is a comprehensive update on failing Fontan physiology and the role of heart and combined heart and liver transplantation in the current era. Recent Findings: Single ventricle physiology encompasses a series of rare congenital cardiac abnormalities that are characterized by absence of or hypoplasia of one ventricle. This effectively results in a single ventricular pumping chamber. These abnormalities are rarely compatible with long-term survival if left without surgical palliation in the first few years of life...
February 4, 2021: Current Transplantation Reports