Garick D. Hill

Mar 10, 2025 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Garick D. Hill |M Eric Ferguson |Saul Flores |Salil Ginde

BACKGROUND: Utilization of Fontan fenestration varies considerably by center. OBJECTIVES: Using a multicenter Pediatric Heart Network dataset linking surgical and preoperative hemodynamic variables, the authors evaluated factors associated with use of Fontan fenestration and the impact of fenestration on post-Fontan length of stay (LOS). METHODS: Patients 2 to 6 years old at Fontan surgery from 2010 to 2020 with catheterizationeffect. RESULTS: Fenestration was used in 465 of 702 patients (66.2%).