Fontan Liver Lesions: Not Always HCC

Autor: Christiane Haeffele, MD, MPH, Avin Aggarwal, MBBS, Glen Lutchman, MD, Gruschen R. Veldtman, MD, Fred M. Wu, MD, George K. Lui, MD

Publikováno v: JACC: Case Reports, Vol 1, Iss 2, Pp 175-178 (2019)

A 24-year-old Fontan procedure patient underwent surveillance liver cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Findings were suggestive of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Currently, HCC is diagnosed based on imaging alone. Given her otherwise reassuring cli

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Intraperitoneal corticosteroids for recurrent ascites in patients with Fontan circulation: Initial clinical experience

Autor: Fred M. Wu, Anne Marie Valente, Anna E. Rutherford, Michael N. Singh, Peter A. Nigrovic

Publikováno v: Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 36:735-738

Individuals with single-ventricle congenital heart disease who are palliated to a Fontan circulation are at risk for heart failure and liver disease, with recurrent ascites being a potentially debilitating cause of late morbidity. Although ascites as

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https://doi.org/10.1111/jocs.15244

Associations Between Clinical Outcomes and a Recently Proposed Adult Congenital Heart Disease Anatomic and Physiological Classification System

Autor: Alexander R. Opotowsky, Anne Marie Valente, Sarah B. Brainard, Keith Taillie, Michael J. Landzberg, D Pearson, Fred M. Wu, Michelle Gurvitz, Cara L Lachtrupp

Publikováno v: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 10, Iss 18 (2021)
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease

Background American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology consensus guidelines introduce an adult congenital heart disease anatomic and physiological (AP) classification system. We assessed the association between AP classification and

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https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.021345

MELD-XI score is not associated with adverse outcomes in ambulatory adults with a Fontan circulation

Autor: Michael J. Landzberg, Joseph J. Palermo, Valeria Duarte, Fred M. Wu, Alexander R. Opotowsky, Nael Aldweib, Anne Marie Valente, Adam M. Lubert, Gabriele Egidy Assenza, Chen Wei, Tarek Alsaied, Felicia Eichelbrenner

Publikováno v: International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, Vol 4, Iss, Pp 100182-(2021)

Background: The Model for End-stage Liver Disease excluding INR (MELD-XI) is commonly used to identify patients with a Fontan circulation at increased risk of adverse events, However, this approach has not been evaluated in unselected ambulatory adul

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666668521001063

Fontan‐Associated Dyslipidemia

Autor: Nael Aldweib, Craig Alexander, Joseph J. Palermo, Michael Mendelson, Alexander R. Opotowsky, Andrew Leventhal, Elaine M. Urbina, Nadeem Anwar, Nicole Brown, Tarek Alsaied, Hassan Almeneisi, Fred M. Wu, Adam M. Lubert

Publikováno v: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease

Background Hypocholesterolemia is a marker of liver disease, and patients with a Fontan circulation may have hypocholesterolemia secondary to Fontan‐associated liver disease or inflammation. We investigated circulating lipids in adults with a Fonta

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https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.120.019578