Fontan Clinic

The Fontan Clinic offers specialized multidisciplinary care for single ventricle heart defects and lifelong Fontan circulation management.

Treatment typically involves three surgeries, done within the first three to five years of the child’s life. The last of the three surgeries is known as the Fontan procedure: the heart is reconstructed to divert blood directly to the lungs to be oxygenated and enable the remaining functional heart chamber to pump more oxygen-rich blood out to the body.