Routine surveillance of patients post Fontan palliation: lessons learnt from cardiac catheterisation

Background There is no consensus on the clinical utility of ‘routine’ diagnostic cardiac catheterisation in patients with Fontan palliation in the absence of symptoms or haemodynamic lesions. Objective We sought to evaluate whether diagnostic cardiac catheterisation for a variety of indications led to a change in the clinical management of patients with a Fontan circulation. Methods All adult patients (≥16 years) with Fontan palliation...