Considerations for Advanced Heart Failure Consultation in Individuals With Fontan Circulation: Recommendations From ACTION. Circ Heart Fail 2023 Feb;16(2):e010123
Date
02/15/2023Pubmed ID
36786204DOI
10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.122.010123Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85148344348 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 12 CitationsAbstract
Individuals with Fontan circulation are at risk of late mortality from both cardiac and noncardiac causes. Despite the known risk of mortality, referral indications for advanced heart failure care vary between centers, and many individuals die from Fontan circulation-related complications either after late consideration for advanced heart failure therapies or having never seen a heart failure specialist. There is a critical need for guidelines to direct appropriately timed referral for advanced heart failure consultation. The Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION) Fontan Committee has developed recommended thresholds for advanced heart failure referral to guide primary cardiologists. These recommendations are divided into 4 categories of clinical Fontan circulatory dysfunction including (1) cardiac/systemic ventricular dysfunction, (2) Fontan pathway dysfunction, (3) lymphatic dysfunction, and (4) extracardiac dysfunction.
Author List
Lubert AM, Cedars A, Almond CS, Amdani S, Conway J, Friedland-Little JM, Gajarski RJ, Kindel SJ, Lorts A, Morales DLS, O'Connor MJ, Peng DM, Rosenthal DN, Smyth L, Sutcliffe DL, Schumacher KRAuthor
Steven J. Kindel MD Associate Professor in the Pediatrics department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Fontan ProcedureHeart Defects, Congenital
Heart Failure
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Ventricular Dysfunction