Pulmonary Vascular Reserve in Fontan Patients: Looking Upstream for the True Heart of the Matter

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¹ Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: Marc.gewillig@uzleuven.be.
² Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/alexvdbruaene.

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Marc Gewillig et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2020.

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. 2020 Dec 8;76(23):2764-2767.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.10.006.

¹ Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: Marc.gewillig@uzleuven.be.
² Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/alexvdbruaene.

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Keywords: Fontan physiology; cardiopulmonary exercise test; endothelial dysfunction; pulmonary vascular disease; pulmonary vascular reserve.

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Author Disclosures The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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