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19945986

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
Ventricular dysfunction is frequently encountered in Fontan patients. Cardiologists and cardiac surgeons have, therefore, mainly focused on preservation of cardiac function, limiting the early volume overload as much as possible both in magnitude and duration. This resulted in improved cardiac function but, in some patients, also in poor pulmonary artery (PA) growth which in turn resulted in a poor final Fontan circuit. The volume requirements for optimal growth and development of the ventricle and the lungs are different and divergent. Avoiding overload of the ventricle is important, but excessive protection from volume overload may not be necessary and may result in PA hypoplasia, which in turn will severely affect the Fontan circuit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1569-9285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
262-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Volume load paradox while preparing for the Fontan: not too much for the ventricle, not too little for the lungs.
pubmed:affiliation
Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B 3000 Leuven, Belgium. marc.gewillig@uzleuven.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review