Extracardiac Versus Lateral Tunnel Fontan: A Meta-Analysis of Long-Term Results

BackgroundThere is growing awareness of the long-term impact of a Fontan circulation on the associated morbidity and mortality. Comparative data on the incidence of supraventricular arrhythmia and sinus node dysfunction following extracardiac conduit (EC) and lateral tunnel (LT) Fontans are controversial. We performed a meta-analysis pooling all available long-term results comparing the EC and LT Fontan, with a special focus on...