Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Not the Severity of the Condition, Dictates Late Outcomes After Fontan Procedures

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¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Heart Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: yves.dudekem@rch.org.au.

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Yves d'Udekem. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017.

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. 2017 Jun 6;69(22):2745-2747.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.581.

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Heart Research, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: yves.dudekem@rch.org.au.

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Keywords: Fontan procedure; adult congenital heart disease; exercise; functional health status; single ventricle.

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