Fontan-associated liver disease: Monitoring progression of liver fibrosis.

Abstract

FALD continues to attract much research interest as complications affecting patient morbidity and mortality become increasingly apparent. Currently, there are still no official guidelines for monitoring this population, and multicenter cohort studies have only been published within the past year.1 Guidelines are institution dependent (Fig. ​(Fig.2,2, Table ​Table11).1, 3, 7, 10, 12 Future research will continue to focus on risk stratification of patients for severe sequelae of liver disease and on understanding the role of elastography and noninvasive markers in this population while trying to learn more about the pathophysiological etiology of FALD.