Jenny Alenius Dahlqvist1, Jan Sunnegårdh2, Katarina Hanséus3, Eva Strömvall Larsson2, Anders Nygren2, Magnus Dalén4,5, Håkan Berggren6, Jens Johansson Ramgren7, Urban Wiklund8, Annika Rydberg1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.4, pp. 582-589, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12766
Abstract Objective: Fontan surgery is performed in children with univentricular heart defects.
Previous data regarding permanent pacemaker implantation frequency and indica‐
tions in Fontan patients are limited and conflicting. We examined the prevalence of
and risk factors for pacemaker treatment in a consecutive national cohort of patients
after Fontan surgery in Sweden.
Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all Swedish patients who underwent Fontan
surgery from 1982 to 2017 (n = 599).
Results: After a mean follow‐up of 12.2 years, 13% (78/599) of the patients with
Fontan circulation had received pacemakers. Patients operated with the extracardiac
conduit (EC) type of total cavopulmonary connection… More >
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