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cardiovascularriskfactorscancontributeonlytoaworseoutcome.97
Arrhythmia(seealsoChapter22)
ArrhythmiaisacommonproblemintheFontanpopulation,hasanincreasing
prevalenceinolderpatients,andisoftenassociatedwithFontanfailure.Thetwo
mostfrequentarrhythmiasarebradycardiaduetosinusnodedysfunction,and
atrialflutter.Thelatterismorecorrectlytermedintraatrialreentranttachycardia
(IART).Bothofthesearrhythmiasbecomemoreprevalentwithtimebutarenot
necessarilylinkedtoeachother(Fig.73.10).Inapopulation-basedreport,
bradyarrhythmiasarepresentin7%at10yearsand15%at20yearsafterthe
Fontanprocedure,andtachyarrhythmiain9%and31%,respectively.98
Tachyarrhythmiaiscommonerinthosewithfunctionallimitations,99isomerism,
andanatriopulmonaryFontanconnectionwhencomparedwiththeextracardiac
Fontan.98,100,101Acontemporaryseriessuggestsatrialtachyarrhythmiaispresent
inmostifnotallpatients25yearsaftertheatriopulmonaryFontanprocedure.102
TheextracardiacFontanmayresultinlessIARTthanthelateraltunnel,103
althoughtheevidenceforthisislessconclusive.IARTisalsomorecommon
whenatrioventricularvalverepairorpulmonaryveinsurgeryisrequiredatthe
initialsurgery.100
FIG.73.10 Cumulativeproportionsofarrhythmiasencounteredafterthe
Fontanprocedure.(FromCarinsTA,ShiWY,IyengarAJ,etal.Long-term
outcomesafterfirst-onsetarrhythmiainFontanphysiology.JThorac
CardiovascSurg.2016;152[5]:1355–1363.)
Focal,atrialectopictachycardiasoccurinapproximately13%ofpatientsover
long-termfollow-up,manyinthesamepatientswhohaveIART.103Atrial
fibrillationisbecomingmorefrequentinolderpatients(19%inoneseries)103
withriskfactorsoverlappingthoseoftheagingpopulation(suchasoverweight