Multicenter Comparison of Long-Term Outcomes: Extracardiac Conduit Fontan vs Lateral Tunnel Fontan at 15-Year Follow-Up
The ECC has substantially lower hazards for atrial arrhythmias compared with the LT Fontan, whereas other independent measures of longitudinal morbidity are similar.
Authors
- Tarek Alsaied (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3777-4822)
- Matthew Tran
- Adam Christopher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5561-9973)
- Mario Castro Medina
- Carlos E. Díaz-Castrillón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2076-2833)
- José P. Da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6458-7328)
- Luciana da Fonseca (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8070-3539)
- Mary Schiff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7702-6677)
- Gaurav Arora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0052-3616)
- Jaqueline Kreutzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4663-6720)
- Laura Olivieri
- Mark Fogel
- Rahul H. Rathod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7149-5421)
- Christopher W. Follansbee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1029-800X)
- Laura Seese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-1511)
- Victor O. Morell
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Boston Children's Museum (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2025.07.059
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.42