The Adolescent and Adult With a Fontan Circulation: "Unnatural" Selection and Survival of the Fittest

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¹ The Single Ventricle Survivorship Program, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: rychik@email.chop.edu.
² The Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Jack Rychik et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018.

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. 2018 Mar 6;71(9):1018-1020.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.12.053.

¹ The Single Ventricle Survivorship Program, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: rychik@email.chop.edu.
² The Philadelphia Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, The Cardiac Center, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Keywords: Fontan surgery; adult congenital heart disease.

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Clinical Outcomes in Adolescents and Adults After the Fontan Procedure.
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