Predictors of morbidity and mortality in contemporary Fontan patients: Results from a multicenter study including cardiopulmonary exercise testing in 321 patients

European Heart Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3073-3083

  Diller, Gerhard Paul ^a   Giardini, Alessandro ^b   Dimopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^c   Müller, Jan ^d   Derrick, Graham ^b   Giannakoulas, Georgios ^a   Khambadkone, Sachin ^b   Lammers, Astrid E ^a   Picchio, Fernando Maria ^c   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a   Hager, Alfred ^d  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Exercise testing; Fontan operation; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATRIOPULMONARY CONNECTION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION; FOLLOW UP; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GERMANY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650389666     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq356     Document Type: Article

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