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- Title
Optimum age for performing Fontan operation in patients with univentricular heart.
- Authors
Akintoye, Emmanuel; Veldtman, Gruschen R.; Miranda, William R.; Connolly, Heidi M.; Egbe, Alexander C.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the optimal age for performing Fontan operation using data from the National Inpatient Sample. Our results showed that although the Fontan operation was most commonly performed at age 2 in the United States, age 3 is the optimum age for this procedure as evident by lower rate of in‐hospital mortality, procedure‐related complications, and rate of nonroutine home discharge when procedure is performed at age 3 years.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CARDIAC patients; HOSPITAL mortality; AGE
- Publication
Congenital Heart Disease, 2019, Vol 14, Issue 2, p138
- ISSN
1747-079X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/chd.12690