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A multinational observational investigation of illness perceptions and quality of life among patients with a Fontan circulation

Christina E. Holbein1, Nicholas D. Fogleman1,2, Kevin Hommel1, Silke Apers3, Jessica Rassart3, Philip Moons3,4, Koen Luyckx3, Maayke A. Sluman5, Junko Enomoto6, Bengt Johansson7, Hsiao-Ling Yang8, Mikael Dellborg4,9, Raghavan Subramanyan10, Jamie L. Jackson11, Werner Budts3,12, Adrienne H. Kovacs13, Stacey Morrison1, Martha Tomlin1, Kathy Gosney1, Alexandra Soufi14, Katrine Eriksen15, Corina Thomet3,16, Malin Berghammer4,17, Luis Alday18, Edward Callus19, Susan M Fernandes20, Maryanne Caruana21, Samuel Menahem22, Stephen C. Cook23, Gwen R. Rempel24, Kamila White25, Paul Khairy26, Shelby Kutty27, Gruschen Veldtman1

1 Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2 University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3 KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
4 University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
5 Amsterdam Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
6 Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Chiba, Japan
7 Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
8 National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
9 Adult Congenital Heart Unit, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
10 Frontier Lifeline Hospital, Dr. K. M. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India
11 Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
12 University Hospitals Leuven and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Leuven, Belgium
13 Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA
14 Hospital Louis Pradel, Lyon, France
15 Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
16 University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
17 University West, Trollhättan, Sweden
18 Hospital de Ninos, C ~ ordoba, Argentina
19 IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Hospital, Milan, Italy
20 Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA
21 Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
22 Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, Australia
23 Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
24 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
25 Washington University and Barnes Jewish Heart & Vascular Center, University of Missouri, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
26 Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada
27 Children’s Hospital & Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

* Corresponding Author: Gruschen Veldtman, Adolescent and Adult Congenital Heart Program, 3333 Burnett Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio. Email: email

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