Perioperative Management of a Patient With Failed Fontan Physiology

Abstract

Andrew D. Pitkin, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, is a cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Florida. His interests include pediatric cardiac anesthesia, single ventricle physiology, and medical education. Mark C. Wesley, MD, is an assistant professor in cardiac anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is board certified in pediatrics and anesthesiology. His clinical interests include pediatric anesthesia and cardiac anesthesia for children and adults with congenital heart disease. Kristine J. Guleserian, MD, is an associate professor of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery and the surgical director of Pediatric Cardiac Transplantation and Adult Congenital Heart Surgery at Children’s Medical Center Dallas/University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Her research interest, among others, includes clinical applications of endothelial progenitor cells. Victor C. Baum, MD, is Frederic A. Berry Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology and director of cardiac anesthesia at the University of Virginia. In addition to anesthesiology, he is board certified in pediatric cardiology. Thomas M. Burch, MD, is an assistant professor in cardiac anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital and is board certified in anesthesiology. His interests include adult and pediatric cardiothoracic anesthesiology and echocardiography as well as e-learning for board review.