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Fontan Circulation and High Cardiac Output State: A Forgotten Phenotype
9 Oct 2024
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Establishment of Fontan circulation is aimed at preserving systemic saturation and avoiding volume loading of the available ventricle. However, creation of such a circulation leads to the most commonly observed hemodynamic phenotype of elevated venous (Fontan) pressure and low/preserved cardiac output (CO).(1) Fontan patients are also known to have a blunted augmentation in CO with exercise.(2) Others and we have...
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