Extracardiac Conduit Fontan – Outcome Data in Early Adulthood

Abstract

Background To describe the survival and health outcome status of young adults with an extracardiac Fontan procedure performed either as a primary or conversion (secondary) Fontan surgery. Methods The database of the Adult Congenital Heart disease service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital was interrogated to identify all adults who had undergone a primary extracardiac conduit Fontan (n = 29) or a Fontan conversion with this procedure (n = 8). We then determined vital status, age, original anatomy and functional status in early adulthood in both groups. Results Adults with an ECC Fontan procedure report reasonable NYHA functional class (84% NYHA I or II) though, objectively, exercise testing dem..