title: Effects of aerobic exercise training in children after the Fontan operation.
abstract: It was demonstrated that patients who have undergone the Fontan operation can safely undertake exercise training and that this results in an improvement in aerobic capacity. These findings suggest that aerobic training could be useful in the long-term management of these patients to optimize their cardiovascular fitness for more active lives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Padova, School of Medicine, Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Opocher
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varnier
authors.forename: Stephen P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: Alvise
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosoni
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zaccaria
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stellin
authors.forename: Ornella
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Milanesi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male