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The Unique Clinical Phenotype and Exercise Adaptation of Fontan Patients With Normal Exercise Capacity.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Sept 2020
Powell Adam W, Chin Clifford, Alsaied Tarek, Rossiter Harry B, Wittekind Samuel, Mays Wayne A, Lubert Adam, Veldtman Gruschen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Exercise limitation is almost universal among Fontan patients. Identifying unique clinical features in the small fraction of Fontan patients with normal exercise capacity (high-capacity Fontan [HCF]) provides potential to inform clinical strategies for those with low exercise capacity (usual Fontan). METHODS: We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients with single-ventricle physiology...
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