Publications

Tran, D., Gibson, H., Maiorana, A., Verrall, C., Baker, D., Clode, M., Lubans, D., Zannino, D., Bullock, A., Ferrie, S., Gosbell, S., Davis, G., Keech, A., Puranik, R., Majumdar, A., Ayer, J., Celermajer, D., Cordina, R., et al (2022). Exercise Intolerance, Benefits, and
Prescription for People Living With a Fontan Circulation: The Fontan Fitness Intervention Trial (F-FIT)Rationale and Design. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 9, 799125.

Tran DL, Celermajer DS, Ayer J, Grigg L, Clendenning C, Hornung T, Justo R, Davis GM, d'Udekem Y, Cordina R. The "Super-Fontan" Phenotype: Characterizing Factors Associated With High Physical Performance Front Cardiovasc Med. 2021 Dec 7;8:764273.
doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.764273.

Rubenis I, Tran D, Bullock A, Wijesekera V, Baker D, d'Udekem Y, du Plessis K, Katz D, Lowy M, Zentner D, Celermajer D, Cordina R. Sexual Function in Men Living With a Fontan Circulation. Front Pediatric. 2021 Nov 17;9:765380. doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.765380.

Marathe SP, Iyengar AJ, Betts KS, du Plessis K, Salve GG, Justo RN, Venugopal P, Winlaw DS, d'Udekem Y, Alphonso N. Long-term outcomes following Fontan takedown in Australia and New Zealand. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Mar;161(3):1126-1135.

Sharma VJ, Iyengar AJ, Zannino D, Gentles T, Justo R, Celermajer DS, Bullock A, Winlaw D, Wheaton G, Burchill L, Cordina R, d'Udekem Y. Protein-losing enteropathy and plastic bronchitis after the Fontan procedure.

Tran, D., Rodrigues, C., du Plessis, K., Zannino, D., Davis, G., Celermajer, D., d'Udekem, Y., Cordina, R. (2021). Decline Is Not Inevitable: Exercise Capacity Trajectory in an Australian and New Zealand Fontan Cohort. Heart, Lung, and Circulation, 30(9), 1356-1363

Cao, J., Tran, D., Briody, J., Attard, C., Hassan, E., Simm, P., Burchill, L., Twigg, S., Fiatarone Singh, M., Ayer, J., Celermajer, D., Cordina, R., et al (2021). Impact of adiposity on clinical outcomes in people living with a Fontan circulation. International Journal of Cardiology, 329, 82-88

Attard, C., Monagle, P., D'Udekem, Y., Mackay, M., Briody, J., Cordina, R., Hassan, E., Simm, P., Rice, K., Ignjatovic, V., Winlaw, D., et al (2021). Long-term outcomes of warfarin versus aspirin after Fontan surgery. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 162(4), 1218-1.23E+06

Baker, D., Dennis, M., Zannino, D., Schilling, C., Moreno, P., Bullock, A., Disney, P., Radford, D., Hornung, T., Grigg, L., Ayer, J., Celermajer, D., Cordina, R., et al (2021). Path ahead for low risk' adolescents living with a Fontan circulation. Heart, 107(7), 556-562

Poh, C., Cordina, R., Iyengar, A., Zannino, D., Grigg, L., Wheaton, G., Bullock, A., Ayer, J., Alphonso, N., Gentles, T., Celermajer, D., et al (2021). Pre- and Post-operative determinants of transplantation-free survival after Fontan. The Australia and New Zealand experience. IJC Heart & Vasculature, 35, 100825.

Jacob Y. Cao, Supreet P. Marathe, Diana Zannino, David S. Celermajer, Robert N. Justo, Nelson Alphonso, Yves d’Udekem, David S. Winlaw. Fontan Completion Operation Less Than 3 Years of Age is Not a Risk Factor for Long-Term Failure – accepted before publication June 2021 – The European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Jacob Y. Cao, Derek Tran, Julie Briody, Chantal Attard, Ebrahim Bani Hassan, Peter Simm, Luke Burchill, Stephen M. Twigg, Maria A. Fiatarone-Singh, Julian Ayer, David S. Celermajer, Yves d'Udekem, Rachael Cordina. Impact of adiposity on clinical outcomes in people living with a Fontan circulation, International Journal of Cardiology, April 2021

d'Udekem Y, Payne E. Somatic growth, valve and artery size, and cardiac function; the relevanceof growth parameters for patients born with a single ventricle, Int J Cardiol. 2021 Jan 15;323:70-71

Cao JY, Tran D, Briody J, Attard C, Hassan EB, Simm P, Burchill L, Twigg SM, Fiatarone-Singh MA,Ayer J, Celermajer DS, d'Udekem Y, Cordina R. Impact of adiposity on clinical outcomes in people living with a Fontan circulation, Int J Cardiol. 2020 Dec 31:S0167-5273(20)34314-X.

Tran DL, Maiorana A, Davis GM, Celermajer DS, d'Udekem Y, Cordina R. Exercise Testing andTraining in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: A Surgical Perspective, Ann Thorac Surg. 2020Dec 4:S0003-4975(20)32082-8

Verrall CE, Yang JYM, Chen J, Schembri A, d'Udekem Y, Zannino D, Kasparian NA, Du Plessis K, Grieve SM, Welton T, Barton B, Gentles T, Celermajer D, Attard C, Rice K, Ayer J, Mandelstam S,Winlaw DS, MacKay MT, Cordina R. Neurocognitive Dysfunction and
Smaller Brain Volumes in Adolescents and Adults with a Fontan Circulation, Circulation. 2020 Nov 24 .120.048202

Baker DW, Dennis MR, Zannino D, Schilling C, Moreno PD, Bullock A, Disney P, Radford DJ,Hornung T, Grigg L, d'Udekem Y, Ayer J, Celermajer DS, Cordina R., Path ahead for 'low risk'adolescents living with a Fontan circulation, Heart. 2020 Nov 23:heartjnl-2020-317619

Jill R. Stokes, Frank Muscara, Diana Zannino, Maria C. McCarthy, Vicki A. Anderson, Jan M.Nicholson, Yves d’Udekem. Surgical and Psychosocial Predictors of Mental Health in Parents of Children With Cardiac Admissions, Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Nov;110(5):1677-1682

Huang L, Dalziel KM, du Plessis K, Winlaw DS, Cordina R, Pflaumer A, Justo RN, Wheaton GR, Bullock A, Verrall CE, d'Udekem Y. Long-term Out-of-Hospital Health Care Use for Fontan Survivors Across Childhood, Ann Thorac Surg. 2020 Oct;110(4):1372-1378

Nanayakkara B, Lau E, Yee B, Gauthier G, Melehan K, Celermajer D, Cordina R. Sleep disordered breathing in adults living with a Fontan circulation and CPAP titration protocol, Int J Cardiol. 2020 Oct 15;317:70-74

Marathe SP, Iyengar AJ, Betts KS, du Plessis K, Salve GG, Justo RN, Venugopal P, Winlaw DS, d'Udekem Y, Alphonso N. Long-term outcomes following Fontan takedown in Australia and New Zealand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Oct 6:S0022-5223(20)32672-6

Poh C, Hornung T, Celermajer DS, Radford DJ, Justo RN, Andrews D, du Plessis K, Iyengar AJ, Winlaw D, d'Udekem Y. Modes of late mortality in patients with a Fontan circulation. Heart. 2020 Sep;106(18):1427-1431

Alsaied T, Allen KY, Anderson JB, Anixt JS, Brown DW, Cetta F, Cordina R, D'udekem Y, Didier M, Ginde S, Di Maria MV, Eversole M, Goldberg D, Goldstein BH, Hoffmann E, Kovacs AH, Lannon C, Lihn S, Lubert AM, Marino BS, Mullen E, Pickles D, Rathod RH, Rychik J, Tweddell JS, Wooton S, Wright G, Younoszai A, Glenn T, Wilmoth A, Schumacher K. The Fontan outcomes network: first steps towards building a lifespan registry for individuals with Fontan circulation in the United States – CORRIGENDUM, Cardiol Young. 2020 Aug;30(8):1070-1075

Sharma VJ, Iyengar AJ, Zannino D, Gentles T, Justo R, Celermajer DS, Bullock A, Winlaw D,Wheaton G, Burchill L, Cordina R, d'Udekem Y. Protein-losing enteropathy and plastic
bronchitis after the Fontan procedure, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Aug 12:S0022-5223(20)32359-X

Supreet P. Marathe, Jacob Y. Cao, David Celermajer, Julian Ayer, Gary F. Sholler, Yves d’Udekem, David S. Winlaw, Outcomes of the Fontan Operation for Patients With Heterotaxy: A Meta-Analysis of 848 Patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2020 Jul;110(1):307-315.

Tran D, Maiorana A, Ayer J, Lubans DR, Davis GM, Celermajer DS, d'Udekem Y, Cordina R. Recommendations for exercise in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease, Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 May-Jun;63(3):350-366

Daley M, du Plessis K, Zannino D, Hornung T, Disney P, Cordina R, Grigg L, Radford DJ, Bullock A, d'Udekem Y. Reintervention and survival in 1428 patients in the Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry. Heart, 2020, May; 106(10): 751-757

King G, Winlaw DS, Alphonso N, Andrews D, Finucance K, Konstantinov IE, d'Udekem Y. Atrioventricular valve closure in Fontan palliation, Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020 May1;57(5):945-950

Tran D, D'Ambrosio P, Verrall CE, Attard C, Briody J, D'Souza M, Fiatarone Singh M, Ayer J, d'Udekem Y, Twigg S, Davis GM, Celermajer DS, Cordina R, Body Composition in Young Adults Living With a Fontan Circulation: The Myopenic Profile, J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Apr21;9(8):e015639

Marshall KH, D'Udekem Y, Sholler GF, Opotowsky AR, Costa DSJ, Sharpe L, Celermajer DS, Winlaw DS, Newburger JW, Kasparian NA. Health-Related Quality of Life in Children, Adolescents, and Adults With a Fontan Circulation: A Meta-Analysis , J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Mar 17;9(6):e014172

Khuong JN, Wilson TG, Grigg LE, Bullock A, Celermajer D, Disney P, Wijesekera VA, Hornung T,Zannino D, Iyengar AJ, d'Udekem Y. Fontan-associated nephropathy: Predictors and outcomes, Int J Cardiol. 2020 May 1;306:73-77Moroney E, Zannino D, Cordina R, Gentles T, d'Udekem Y, Zentner D. Does pregnancy impact subsequent health outcomes in the maternal Fontan circulation? International Journal ofCardiology, 2020, Feb 15; 301: 67-73

Cordina R. Echocardiographic assessment of diastolic function in the Fontan heart: Feasible or flight or fancy? Int J Cardiol. 2020 Feb 1;300:297-298

Zentner D, Celermajer DS, Gentles T, d'Udekem Y, Ayer J, Blue GM, Bridgman C, Burchill L,Cheung M, Cordina R, Culnane E, Davis A, du Plessis K, Eagleson K, Finucane K, Frank B, Greenway S, Grigg L, Hardikar W, Hornung T, Hynson J, Iyengar AJ, James P, Justo R, Kalman J,Kasparian N, Le B, Marshall K, Mathew J, McGiffin D, McGuire M, Monagle P, Moore B, Neilsen J,O'Connor B, O'Donnell C, Pflaumer A, Rice K, Sholler G, Skinner JR, Sood S, Ward J, Weintraub R, Wilson T, Wilson W, Winlaw D, Wood A. Management of People With a Fontan Circulation: a Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Position statement, Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Jan;29(1):5-39

du Plessis K, d'Udekem Y. The Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Patients With Single Ventricles Across the Lifespan. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019, Nov; 108(5): 1565-1572

D'Ambrosio P, Tran D, Verrall CE, Attard C, Singh MF, Ayer J, d'Udekem Y, Twigg S, Celermajer DS, Cordina R. Prevalence and risk factors for low bone density in adults with a Fontan circulation. Congenital Heart Disease, 2019, Nov; 14(6): 987-995

Yong MS, Zhu MZL, du Plessis K, Weintraub RG, Hornung T, Winlaw D, Alphonso N, d'Udekem Y, Konstantinov IE. Long-term Outcomes of the Fontan Operation in Patients With Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019, Oct; 108(4): 1234-1241

Sun J, Brizard C, Winlaw D, Alphonso N, d'Udekem Y, Eastaugh L, Marathe S, Bell D, Ayer J. Biventricular repair versus Fontan completion for patients with d- or l-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019, Oct; 158(4):1158-1167 Newland DP, Poh CL, Zannino D, Elias P, Brizard CP, Finucane K, Winlaw DS, d'Udekem Y. The impact of morphological characteristics on late outcomes in patients born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2019, Sep 1; 56(3):557-563

Shearer L, Justo RN, Marathe SP, Betts K, Venugopal P, Winlaw DS, Bullock A, Robertson T, Gentles TL, Celermajer D, d'Udekem Y, Alphonso N. Augmentation of the pulmonary arteries at or prior to the Fontan procedure is not associated with worse long-term outcomes: a propensitymatched analysis from the Australia-New Zealand Fontan Registry. European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2019, May 1; 55(5): 829-836

Poh CL, Celermajer DS, Grigg LE, Kalman JM, McGuire MA, Gentles TL, Radford DJ, Bullock A, Disney PJS, Winlaw D, du Plessis K, d'Udekem Y. Pacemakers are associated with a higher risk of late death and transplantation in the Fontan population. International Journal of Cardiology, 2019, May 1; 282:33-37

Wilson TG, d'Udekem Y, Winlaw DS, Cordina RL, Ayer J, Gentles TL, Weintraub RG, Grigg LE, Cheung M, Cain TM, Rao P, Verrall C, Plessis KD, Rice K, Iyengar AJ. Creatinine-based estimation of glomerular filtration rate in patients with a Fontan circulation. Congenital Heart Disease, 2019, May; 14(3):454-463

Marathe SP, Zannino D, Shi WY, du Plessis K, Kehr J, Perumal G, Sun J, Gentles TL, Ayer J, Sholler GF, Verrall CE, Alphonso N, Andrews D, d'Udekem Y, Winlaw DS. Two Ventricles Are Not Better Than One in the Fontan Circulation: Equivalent Late Outcomes. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2019, Mar; 107(3): 852- 859

Daley M, d'Udekem Y. In patients undergoing Fontan completion, does a younger age at operation result in better long-term exercise capacity and prognosis? Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2019, Feb 1; 28(2): 301-305

King G, Ayer J, Celermajer D, Zentner D, Justo R, Disney P, Zannino D, d'Udekem Y. Atrioventricular Valve Failure in Fontan Palliation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2019, Feb 26; 73(7): 810-822

Cordina R, d'Udekem Y. Long-lasting benefits of exercise for those living with a Fontan circulation. Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2019, Jan; 34(1):79-86.

Sutherland N, Jones B, Weskamp Aguero S, Melchiori T, du Plessis K, Konstantinov IE, Cheung MMH, d’Udekem Y. Home and hospital-based exercise training programme after Fontan surgery. Cardiol Young. 2018 Nov;28(11):1299-1305

d’Udekem Y, Poh CL. The Japanese cohort of adults with a Fontan circulation points to the action plan necessary to improve survival after Fontan. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Oct 12.

Moore BM, Anderson R, Nisbet AM, Kalla M, du Plessis K, d’Udekem Y, Bullock A, Cordina R, Grigg L, Celermajer DS, Kalman J, McGuire MA. Ablation of atrial arrhythmias after the atriopulmonary Fontan Procedure: Mechanisms of Arrhythmia and Outcomes. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Oct;4(10):1338-1346.

King G, Ayer J, Celermajer DS, Zentner D, Justo R, Disney P, Zannino D, d’Udekem Y. The Ongoing Burden of Atrioventricular Valve Failure in Fontan Palliation. JACC. 2018 Sept 13

Supreet P. Marathe, Diana Zannino, Jacob Y. Cao, Karin du Plessis, Shilpa S. Marathe, Julian Ayer, David S. Celermajer, Thomas L. Gentles, Gary F. Sholler, Robert N. Justo, Nelson Alphonso, Yves d’Udekem, David S. Winlaw. Heterotaxy Is Not a Risk Factor for Adverse Long-Term Outcomes After Fontan Completion, J Thorac Cardiovasc Sug. 2018 Aug;110(2):646-653

Daley M, d’Udekem Y. In patients undergoing Fontan completion does a younger age at operation result in better long-term exercise capacity and prognosis? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 June 24.

Elias P, Poh CL, du Plessis K, Zannino D, Rice K, Radford DJ, Bullock A, Wheaton GR, Celermajer DS, d’Udekem Y. Long-Term Outcomes of Single Ventricle Palliation for Pulmonary Atresia with Intact Ventricular Septum: Fontan survivors remain at risk of late ischaemia and death. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2018 Jun 1;53(6):1230-1236

Du Plessis K, Peters R, King I, Robertson K, Mackley J, Maree R, Stanley T, d’Udekem Y. “How long will I continue to be normal?” Adults with a Fontan circulation’s greatest concerns. Int J Cardiol. 2018 Jun 1;260:54-59.

Poh CL, d’Udekem Y. Life After Surviving Fontan Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of the Incidence an Predictors of Late Death. Heart Lung Circ. 2018 May;27(5):552-559

Du Plessis K, Culnane E, Peters R, d’Udekem Y. Traversing the liminal: What can Fontan adults’ transition experiences and perspectives teach us about optimizing healthcare? Int J Adolesc Med Health.2018 Apr 13.

Moroney E, Posma E, Dennis A, d’Udekem Y, Cordina R, Zentner D. Pregnancy in a woman with a Fontan circulation: A Review. Obstet Med. 2018 Mar;11(1):6-11.

Cordina R, du Plessis K, Tran D, d’Udekem Y. Super-Fontan: Is it possible? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Mar;155(3):1192-1194.

Dennis M, Zannino D, du Plessis K, Bullock A, Disney P, Radford DJ, Hornung T, Grigg L, Cordina R, d’Udekem Y, Celermajer D. Survival and complications in adolescent and adult Fontan patients – The ANZ Fontan Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 Mar 6;71(9):1009-1017.

King G, d’Udekem Y. Atrioventricular valve replacement in single ventricle circulation: a viable option? Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 June 25.

Fernando N, du Plessis K, d’Udekem Y. Ask not what your Fontan can do you for you, ask what you can do for your Fontan! J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2018 Jul;156(1):249-251.

de Leval M, d’Udekem Y. The elusive and ungrateful lymphatic circulation may be a key determinant of Fontan failure. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 May;155(5):2067-2068.

d’Udekem Y. Fontan Outcomes: Is being educated as good as being wealthy and healthy? J Thorac
Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Apr;155(4):1732-1733.

Rychik J, d’Udekem Y. Towards the goal of achieving a normal duration and quality of life after Fontan operation: Creation of the International Fontan Interest Group (I-FIG), an
international collaborative initiative dedicated to improving outcomes. Int Journal Cardiol. 2017 Oct 15;245:131-134

Laohachai K, Winalw D, Selvadurai H, Kumar, Gnanappa GK, d’Udekem Y, Celermajer D, Ayer J. Inspiratory Muscle Training is Associated with improved Inspiratory Muscle Strength, Resting Cardiac Output, and the Ventilatory Efficiency of Exercise in Patients with a Fontan Circulation. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Aug; 6:e005750.

Huang L, Dalziel KM, Schilling C, Celermajer DS, McNeil JJ, Winlaw D, Gentles T, Radford DJ, Cheung M, Bullock A, Wheaton GR, Justo RN, Selbie LA, Forsdick V, du Plessis K, d’Udekem Y. Hospital costs and cost implications of co-morbid conditions for patients with single ventricle in the period through to Fontan completion. Int J Cardiol. 2017 Aug 1;240:178-182.2

Poh CL, Chiletti R, Zannino D, Brizard CP, Konstantinov IE, Horton S, Millar J, d’Udekem Y. Ventricular Assist Device support in Patients with Single Ventricles – The Melbourne Experience. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2017 Aug 1;25(2):310-316

Schilling C, Dalziel K, Iyengar AJ, d’Udekem Y. The cost differential between warfarin versus aspirin after a Fontan procedure. Heart Lung Circ. 2017 Aug;26(8):e44-e47

Huang Li, Schilling S, Dalziel KM, Celermajer D, McNeil JJ, Winlaw D, Hornung TS, Radford DJ, Grigg LE, Bullock A, Wheaton GR, Justo RN, Blake J, Bishop R, Du Plessis K, d’Udekem Y. Hospital Inpatient Costs for Single-Ventricle Patients surviving the Fontan procedure. Am J Cardiol. 2017 Aug 1;120(3):467-472.

King G, Gentles T, Winlaw DS, Cordina R, Bullock A, Grigg LE, Alphonso N, Radford D, Zannino D, Buratto E, d’Udekem Y. Common atrioventricular valve failure during single ventricle palliation. Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg. 2017 Jun 1;51(6):1037-1043.

Franken LC, Admiraal M, Verrall CE, Zannino D, Ayer JG, Iyengar AJ, Cole AD, Sholler GF, d’Udekem Y, Winlaw DS. Improved long-term outcomes in double-inlet left ventricle and tricuspid atresia with transposed great arteries: systemic outflow tract obstruction present at birth defines long-term outcome. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Jun 1;51(6):1051-1057.

Du Plessis K, Culnane E, Peters R, d’Udekem Y. Adolescent and parent perspectives prior to involvement in a Fontan transition program. Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2017 May 27 (epub ahead of print).

Poh CL, Zannino D, Weintraub RG, Winlaw DS, Grigg LE, Cordina R, Hornung T, Bullock A, Justo RN, Gentles TL, Verrall C, du Plessis K, Celermajer DS, d’Udekem Y. Three decades later: the fate of the population of patients who underwent the Atriopulmonary Fontan procedure. Int Journal Cardiology. 2017 Mar 15;231:99-104.

Buratto E, Ye XT, King G, Shi WY, Weintraub RG, d’Udekem Y, Brizard CP, Konstantinov IE. Longterm outcomes of single ventricle palliation for unbalanced atrioventricular septal defects: Fontan survivors do better than previous thought. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Feb;153(2):430-438.

Gnanappa GK, Celermajer DS, Sholler GF, Gentles T, Winlaw D, d’Udekem Y, Ayer J. The Long- Term Management of Children and Adults with a Fontan Circulation: A Systematic Review and Survey of Current Practice in Australia and New Zealand. Pediatr Cardiol. 2017 Jan;38(1):56-69.

d’Udekem Y. The effects of modification of lateral tunnel Fontan procedure for prophylactic arrhythmia surgery. Ann Thorac surg 2017 Jul;104(1):197-204.

d’Udekem Y. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Not the Severity of the Condition, Dictates Late Outcomes After Fontan Procedures. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 June 6;69(22):2745-2747.

Carins T, Shi WY, Iyengar AJ, Nisbet A, Forsdick V, Zannino D, Gentles T, Radford DJ, Justo R, Celermajer DS, Bullock A, Winlaw D, Wheaton G, Grigg L, d’Udekem Y. Long-term outcomes after first-onset arrhythmia in Fontan physiology. J Thoracic Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 Nov; 152(5):1355-1363

Iyengar A, Winlaw DS, Galati JC, Wheaton GR, Gentles TL, Grigg LE, Justo RN, Radford DJ, Attard C, Weintraub RG, Bullock A, Sholler G, Celermajer DS, d’Udekem Y. No difference between aspirin and warfarin after extracardiac Fontan in a propensity score analysis of 475 patients. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Nov;50(5):980-987.

Ohye RG, Schranz D, d’Udekem Y. Current Therapy for Hypoplastic left Heart Syndrome and Related Single Ventricle Lesions. Circulation. 2016 Oct 25;134(17):1265-1279.

Shi W, Yong MS, McGiffin DC, Jain P, Ruygrok PN, Marasco SF, Finucane K, Keogh A, d’Udekem Y, Weintraub RG, Konstantinov IE. Heart transplantation in Fontan patients across Australia and New Zealand. Heart 2016 Jul 15;102(14):1120-6.

Schilling C, Dalziel K, Nunn R, Du Plessis K, Shi WY, Celermajer D, Winlaw DS, Weintraub RG, Grigg LE, Radford DJ, Bullock A, Gentles TL, Wheaton GR, Hornung T, Justo RN, d’Udekem Y. The Fontan epidemic: Population projections from the Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry. Int J Cardiol 2016 May 14;219:14-19.31.

Wilson TG, Iyengar AJ, Winlaw DS, Weintraub RG, Wheaton GR, Gentles, TL, Ayer J, Grigg LE, Justo, RN, Radford DJ, Bullock A, Celermajer DS, Dalziel K, Schilling C, d’Udekem Y.
Use of ACE inhibitors in Fontan: Rational or Irrational. Int Journal Cardiol. 2016 May;210:95-99.32.

Zentner D, Kotevski A, King I, Grigg LE, d’Udekem Y. Fertility and Pregnancy in the Fontan population. Int Journal Cardiol 2016 Apr 1;208:97-1013

Wilson T, Iyengar AJ, d’Udekem Y. The use and misuse of ACE inhibitors in patients with single ventricle. Heart Lung Circ. 2016 Mar;25(3):229-36

Poh Leng C, Cochrane A, Galati JC, Bullock A, Celermajer DS, Gentles T, du Plessis K, Winlaw DS, Hornung T, Finucane K, d’Udekem Y. Ten year Outcomes of Fontan conversion in Australia and New Zealand demonstrate the superiority of a strategy of early conversion. Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg. 2016 Feb;49(2):530-5

Sutherland N, Jones BO, d’Udekem Y. Should we recommend exercise after the Fontan procedure? Heart Lung Circ. 2015 Aug;24(8):753-68

Liu V, Yong S. M, d’Udekem Y, Weintraub R, Praporski S, Brizard C, Konstantinov IE. Outcomes of atrioventricular valve surgery in patients with Fontan circulation. Ann Thoracic Surg 2015 May:99(5):1632-8

Iyengar AI, Sharma VS, Weintraub R.G, Shipp A, Brizard C.P, d’Udekem Y, Konstantinov IE. Surgical strategies to facilitate heart transplantation in children after failed univentricular palliations: the role of advanced intraoperative surgical preparation. Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg 2014 Sep: 46(3):4805

Iyengar A.J, Winlaw D.S, Galati J.C, Wheaton G.R, Gentles T.L, Grigg L.E, Justo R, Radford D.S, Weintraub R.G, Bullock A, Celemajer D.S, d’Udekem Y. The Australian and New Zealand Fontan Registry: The extracardiac conduit fontan procedure in Australia and New Zealand: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome predicts worse early and late outcomes. Eur J Cardiothoracic Surg, 2014 Sep; 46(3):465-73

d'Udekem Y, Iyengar AJ, Galati JC, Weintraub RG, Wheaton GR, Bullock A, Justo RN, Grigg LE, Hope S, Forsdick V, Radford DJ, Gentles TL, Celermajer DS, Winlaw DS, Redefining Expectations of Long-Term Survival After the Fontan Procedure: 25 Years of Follow-Up From the Entire Population of Australia and New Zealand. Circulation. 2014 Sep 9;130(11 Suppl 1):S32-8

Iyengar AJ, Winlaw DS, Galati JC, Celemajer DS, Wheaton GR, Gentles TL, Grigg LE, Weintraub RG, Bullock A, Justo RN, d’Udekem Y. Trends in Fontan Surgery and risk
factors for early adverse outcomes after Fontan Surgery: Australia and New Zealand Fontan Registry Experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Aug; 148(2):566-75

Lee MG, Brizard CP, Galati JC, Iyengar AJ, Rakhra SS, Konstantinov IE, Pflaumer A, d’Udekem Y. Outcomes of patients born with single-ventricle physiology and aortic arch obstruction: The 26 year Melbourne experience. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Jul; 148(1):194-201

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