Author:
Wernovsky Gil,Chrisant Maryanne R. K.
Abstract
As recently as 35 years ago, children born with a functionally single ventricle were destined to a lifetime of multiple palliative operations, and disrupted growth and development. Physical signs of their cardiac disease were evidenced by chronic hypoxemia, polycythemia, clubbing, small stature, and severely reduced exercise ability. A normal lifestyle, with typical landmarks such as uninterrupted adolescence and potential childbearing, was unlikely. The successful application of right heart bypass by Fontan and Kreutzer in the early 1970s heralded an era of multiple medical and surgical breakthroughs that have systematically improved the quality of life and long-term outlook for these children.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
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