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ArticlePediatric cardiology2025

"Fontan Conduit Stent-Angioplasty and Progression of Fontan-Associated Liver Disease".

Umakanthan Kavin, Aniqa Shahrier, Varsha M Bandisode, Shahryar M Chowdhury, John F Rhodes, Stephanie S Gaydos

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Article in Pediatric cardiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Umakanthan KavinDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Aniqa ShahrierDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrix Cardiology Associates and Tampa Bay Adult Congenital Heart Center, Tampa, FL, 33607, USA.
Varsha M BandisodeDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Shahryar M ChowdhuryDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
John F RhodesDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA.
Stephanie S GaydosDivision of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425, USA. gaydoss@musc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8536-9899
Medical University of South Carolina · USAdventHealth Tampa · USChildren's Hospital Colorado · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with Fontan circulation insidiously develop congestive hepatopathy related to chronically reduced cardiac output and central venous hypertension, also known as Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD). Fontan pathway obstruction is increasingly detected and may accelerate FALD. The impact of conduit stent angioplasty on FALD is unknown. Retrospective, single-center review of patients with Fontan circulation who underwent conduit stent angioplasty at cardiac catheterization over 5-year period. Demographics and cardiac histories were reviewed. Labs, liver ultrasound elastography, echocardiogram, hemodynamic and angiographic data at catheterization were recorded pre- and post-stent angioplasty. Primary outcome was change in hepatic function via MELD-XI scores and liver stiffness (kPa), with secondary outcomes of ventricular function, BNP, and repeat catheterization hemodynamics. 33 patients underwent Fontan conduit stent angioplasty, 19.3 ± 7.0 years from Fontan operation. Original conduit diameter was 19.1 ± 1.9 mm. Prior to angioplasty, conduit size was reduced to a cross-sectional area 132 (91, 173) mm

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AngioplastyFontan ProcedureHeart Defects, CongenitalLiver DiseasesPostoperative ComplicationsStentsAdolescentCardiac CatheterizationChildChild, PreschoolDisease ProgressionElasticity Imaging TechniquesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleFontanLiver diseaseStent angioplasty

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PMID38427089
PMCPMC11787146
OpenAlexW4392358720

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