The Fontan epidemic: Population projections from the Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry

Chris Schilling; Kim Dalziel; Russell Nunn; Karin Du Plessis; William Y Shi; David Celermajer; David Winlawf; Robert G Weintraub; Leanne E Grigg; Dorothy J Radford; Andrew Bullock; Thomas L Gentles; Gavin R Wheaton; Tim Hornung; Robert N Justo; Yves d'Udekem

Journal article

The Fontan epidemic: Population projections from the Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry

Chris Schilling, Kim Dalziel, Russell Nunn, Karin Du Plessis, William Y Shi, David Celermajer, David Winlawf, Robert G Weintraub, Leanne E Grigg, Dorothy J Radford, Andrew Bullock, Thomas L Gentles, Gavin R Wheaton, Tim Hornung, Robert N Justo, Yves d'Udekem

International Journal of Cardiology | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.035

University of Melbourne Researchers

Robert Weintraub Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Leeanne Grigg Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Kim Dalziel Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Christopher Schilling Author Surgery - St Vincent's Hospital

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Funding Acknowledgements

The Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry is funded by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC; Project Grants 1012241, 1047923, 1065794). The authors acknowledge support provided to the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. Yves d'Udekem is a NHMRC Clinical Practitioner Fellow (1082186) as well as the Principal Investigator and recipient of the NHMRC Partnership Project (1076849). The Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program supported this research project.