ReviewNutrients2022
Nutritional Management of Patients with Fontan Circulation: A Potential for Improved Outcomes from Birth to Adulthood.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Malnutrition in Children with Congenital Heart Disease.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors of malnutrition in children with congenital heart disease: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Fontan Surgery in a Middle-Income Country: Outcomes and Modifiable Factors Potentially Associated with Risk - A 13-Year Single-Center Experience.Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery · 2026Observational
- Perioperative Nutrition in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease and Heart Failure.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Is neurodevelopment impaired in Brazilian children with intestinal failure on prolonged parenteral nutrition? A single center study.Pediatric surgery international · 2024Article
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance reference values of right ventricular volumetric variables in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2024Article
- Advances in Pediatric Cardiology Nutrition.Nutrients · 2023Article
- A 12-week lifestyle intervention: effects on fatigue, fear, and nutritional status in children with a Fontan circulation.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Protein-losing enteropathy after the Fontan procedure - A cardiologist's and gastroenterologist's perspective.Annals of pediatric cardiologyArticle
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Abstract
Fontan circulation (FC) is a surgically achieved palliation state offered to patients affected by a wide variety of congenital heart defects (CHDs) that are grouped under the name of univentricular heart. The procedure includes three different surgical stages. Malnutrition is a matter of concern in any phase of life for these children, often leading to longer hospital stays, higher mortality rates, and a higher risk of adverse neurodevelopmental and growth outcomes. Notwithstanding the relevance of proper nutrition for this subset of patients, specific guidelines on the matter are lacking. In this review, we aim to analyze the role of an adequate form of nutritional support in patients with FC throughout the different stages of their lives, in order to provide a practical approach to appropriate nutritional management. Firstly, the burden of faltering growth in patients with univentricular heart is analyzed, focusing on the pathogenesis of malnutrition, its detection and evaluation. Secondly, we summarize the nutritional issues of each life phase of a Fontan patient from birth to adulthood. Finally, we highlight the challenges of nutritional management in patients with failing Fontan.
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