Colloid Osmotic Pressure in Patients With Fontan Circulation

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Defects, Congenital

Treatments: Other: Catheterization

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02443662

063.09f

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children born with univentricular heart will go through step surgery and end up with a Fontan circulation. A circulation with cause problems with body fluid balance.This project will evaluate changes in interstitial colloid osmotic pressure in patients 10 year after completion of a three step Fontan surgery. This project will evaluate whether increased micro vascular leakage and change in interstitial colloid osmotic pressure are present in patients after ten years with a Fontan circulation.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fontan circulation after completed Fontan surgery.
• Anesthesia during catheterization.

Exclusion criteria

• No consent