Variation in care for children undergoing the Fontan operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

Aaron W EckhauserMaria I Van RompayChitra RavishankarJane W NewburgerS Ram KumarChristian PizarroNancy GhanayemFelicia L TrachtenbergKristin M BurnsGarick D HillAndrew M AtzMichelle S HamstraMjaye MazwiPatsy ParkMarc E RichmondMichael WolfJeffrey D ZampiJeffrey P JacobsL LuAnn Minichnull null

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2019)

Fontan perioperative practices varied widely among study centres. Strategies to decrease the duration of pleural effusion and minimise complications may decrease the length of stay. Further research regarding deep hypothermic circulatory arrest is needed to understand its association with prolonged pleural effusion.

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