SPECIAL REPORT BY HEART SURGEON REVEALS WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS AFTER THE FONTAN OPERATION

Pediatric heart surgeon Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian has authored a special report "AFTER THE FONTAN - How Survivors Fare In The Long Term" that tells parents how their children will do following an advanced heart operation called the Fontan procedure.

Pediatric heart surgeon Dr.Mani Sivasubramanian has authored a special
report "AFTER THE FONTAN - How Survivors Fare In The Long Term" that
tells parents how their children will do following an advanced heart
operation called the Fontan procedure.

The report on early and late outcome after the Fontan repair of complex
heart birth defects like Tricuspid Atresia, Pulmonary Atresia, Hypoplastic
Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Single Ventricle conditions answers the
most common questions that parents ask about their child's treatment
- in a manner they can actually understand.

The unique operation performed first by Dr.Francis Fontan in 1968 is now
done routinely for various complex birth defects of the heart and is
today one of the most common complex heart operations in children.

Dr.Mani's Fontan report provides a taste of the uniquely readable
explanation of the surgical outcome, written by a specialist children
heart surgeon.

While most doctors enjoy speaking a highly technical language, using
scary medical jargon to explain things to anxious and worried parents,
Dr.Mani believes that reports must explain, writing must be read and
understood, and teaching must really educate. That's why his Fontan
Report is written in a style that is simple and easy to understand.

"I did this because I feel parents were not being involved enough
in treatment planning and decision making about a person very very
important to them - their child" says Dr.Mani.

The reason is that parents don't understand the technical details and
long-term implications of such a complex operation. Hours spent
researching medical journals, visiting libraries, surfing the
internet, and trying to take a crash course in interpreting medical
literature leaves many stressed-out parents confused and dazed.

Dr.Mani's Fontan Report finds the answer to this problem. It covers
all three categories of the Fontan operation

*   early and late survival
*   quality of life issues and
*   complications of a Fontan procedure

The recent, accurate and reliable information presented in the report
applies to all conditions for which a Fontan operation is done
- tricuspid atresia, HLHS, single ventricle and others.

"Dr.Mani presented the data in an easy to understand manner that allowed
my wife too to read the report on her own" says John Penn, whose
daughter, Peggy, underwent a Fontan operation.

And that, after all, is the purpose of this report.

The report is available from the Fontan Operation website at
http://www.FontanOperation.com

AFTER THE FONTAN - How Fontan survivors fare in the long term
http://www.FontanOperation.com/fontanreport.htm

For more details, contact Dr.Mani (drmani@fontanoperation.com) or visit: http://www.FontanOperation.com

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