Karin Du Plessis

Neurocognitive Dysfunction and Smaller Brain Volumes in Adolescents and Adults With a Fontan Circulation.

Charlotte E Verrall, Joseph YM Yang, Jian Chen, Adrian Schembri, Yves d'Udekem, Diana Zannino, Nadine A Kasparian, Karin du Plessis, Stuart M Grieve, Thomas Welton, Belinda Barton, Thomas L Gentles, David S Celermajer, Chantal Attard, Kathryn Rice, Julian Ayer, Simone Mandelstam, David S Winlaw, Mark T Mackay, Rachael Cordina

Journal article  |  2021  |  Circulation

BACKGROUND: Neurocognitive outcomes beyond childhood in people with a Fontan circulation are not well defined. This study aimed to..

Long-term outcomes following Fontan takedown in Australia and New Zealand.

Supreet P Marathe, Ajay J Iyengar, Kim S Betts, Karin du Plessis, Gananjay G Salve, Robert N Justo, Prem Venugopal, David S Winlaw, Yves d'Udekem, Nelson Alphonso

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

OBJECTIVE: Fontan takedown remains an option for the management of Fontan failure. We sought to evaluate early and late outcomes a..

Long-term Out-of-Hospital Health Care Use for Fontan Survivors Across Childhood

Li Huang, Kim M Dalziel, Karin du Plessis, David S Winlaw, Rachael Cordina, Andreas Pflaumer, Robert N Justo, Gavin R Wheaton, Andrew Bullock, Charlotte E Verrall, Yves D'Udekem

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

BACKGROUND: Surgery is the cornerstone of treatment for single-ventricle patients, but life just begins for most when the staged p..

Modes of late mortality in patients with a Fontan circulation

Chin Poh, Tim Hornung, David S Celermajer, Dorothy J Radford, Robert N Justo, David Andrews, Karin du Plessis, Ajay J Iyengar, David Winlaw, Yves d'Udekem

Journal article  |  2020  |  Heart

OBJECTIVES: The mechanisms of attrition of the Fontan population have been poorly characterised and it is unclear whether some of ..

Heterotaxy Adverse Long-Term Outcomes After Fontan Completion

Supreet P Marathe, Diana Zannino, Jacob Y Cao, Karin du Plessis, Shilpa S Marathe, Julian Ayer, David S Celermajer, Thomas L Gentles, Gary F Sholler, Robert N Justo, Nelson Alphonso, Yves d'Udekem, David S Winlaw

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

BACKGROUND: Heterotaxy is considered a risk factor for poor outcomes after the Fontan operation. However, long-term data to suppor..

Reintervention and survival in 1428 patients in the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry

Michael Daley, Karin du Plessis, Dianna Zannino, Tim Hornung, Patrick Disney, Rachael Cordina, Leeanne Grigg, Dorothy J Radford, Andrew Bullock, Yves d'Udekem

Journal article  |  2020  |  Heart

OBJECTIVE: Patients undergoing single-ventricle palliation have experienced significant improvement in survival in the recent era...

Management of People With a Fontan Circulation: a Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Position Statement

Dominica Zentner, David S Celermajer, Thomas Gentles, Yves d'Udekem, Julian Ayer, Gillian M Blue, Cameron Bridgman, Luke Burchill, Michael Cheung, Rachael Cordina, Evelyn Culnane, Andrew Davis, Karin du Plessis, Karen Eagleson, Kirsten Finucane, Belinda Frank, Sebastian Greenway, Leeanne Grigg, Winita Hardikar, Tim Hornung, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Heart Lung and Circulation

The Fontan circulation describes the circulatory state resulting from an operation in congenital heart disease where systemic veno..

The Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Patients With Single Ventricles Across the Lifespan

Karin du Plessis, Yves d'Udekem

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

BACKGROUND: Moderate to severe neurodevelopmental impairments are recognized as a significant comorbidity in one-fourth to one-thi..

Long-term Outcomes of the Fontan Operation in Patients With Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage

Matthew S Yong, Michael ZL Zhu, Karin du Plessis, Robert G Weintraub, Tim Hornung, David Winlaw, Nelson Alphonso, Yves d'Udekem, Igor E Konstantinov

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

BACKGROUND: Few patients with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) and a univentricular circulation survive to Fontan..

Creatinine-based estimation of glomerular filtration rate in patients with a Fontan circulation

Thomas G Wilson, Yves d'Udekem, David S Winlaw, Rachael L Cordina, Julian Ayer, Thomas L Gentles, Robert G Weintraub, Leeanne E Grigg, Michael Cheung, Timothy M Cain, Padma Rao, Charlotte Verrall, Karin Du Plessis, Kathryn Rice, Ajay J Iyengar

Journal article  |  2019  |  Congenital Heart Disease