OUTCOME IN ADULT SURVIVORS OF THE FONTAN PROCEDURE

该子项目是利用NIH/NCRR资助的中心赠款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和研究者（PI）可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可以在其他CRISP条目中表示。所列机构为中心机构，不一定为研究者机构。本横断面研究探讨了Fontan手术在成人先天性心脏病单心室姑息治疗中的结局。 我们的主要目的是量化成人先天性心脏病患者的晚期功能状态，并确定预后的预测因素。然而，本研究是在缺乏该组患者晚期结局的现有数据的背景下进行的，并利用了来自单个大型先天性心脏病中心的临床患者样本。人们认识到，这是一个探索性的问题。我们的目标是生成试点数据，然后在更大，更普遍的样本中确认调查结果。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This cross-sectional study examines the outcomes of single ventricle palliation with the Fontan procedure in adults with congenital heart disease. Our central aim is to quantify late functional status in adult congenital heart disease patients previously palliated with a Fontan procedure and determine predictors of outcome. This study is however undertaken in the context of a paucity of existing data on late outcomes in this group of patients and utilizes a sample of clinic patients from a single large congenital cardiac center. It is recognized that it is exploratory in nature. Our aim is to generate pilot data which will then allow confirmation of findings in a larger, more generalizable sample.