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Does obesity or overweight status impact transplant-free survival in older single ventricle patients undergoing Fontan conversion?
Does obesity or overweight status impact transplant-free survival in older single ventricle patients undergoing Fontan conversion?
Older single ventricle patients presenting for Fontan conversion have a high prevalence of overweight and obesity, though this does not appear to negatively impact early postoperative transplant-free survival.
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Obesity/overweight not linked to worse early survival after Fontan conversion; leaves open BMI effects on long-term outcomes in single-ventricle patients.
Freud et al. (2015) studied this question.
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