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How One Artist Illustrates Life With a Fontan

by Fengwei Zhang on Monday, Jan 12, 2026

I was born with a single ventricle and underwent four open heart surgeries. I live with a Fontan circulation. One of the struggles of growing up with a complex CHD was not fully understanding my heart condition. I was never informed in detail about my anatomy, and the clinical notes provided for me were dense with medical terms and difficult to read.

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