Fenestration of extracardiac fontan and reversal of protein-losing enteropathy: case report

Autor:	Jean S. Kan, J.C. Laschinger, Anne M. Murphy, F.A. Osterman, V. Lemes
Rok vydání:	1998
Předmět:	Heart Defects Congenital Male Reoperation congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Cardiac Catheterization Protein-Losing Enteropathies Pulmonary Artery Fontan Procedure Hypoproteinemia Postoperative Complications medicine Humans Enteropathy cardiovascular diseases business.industry Protein losing enteropathy Angiography Vascular surgery medicine.disease Cardiac surgery Surgery Catheter surgical procedures operative Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health cardiovascular system Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Fenestration Medical therapy Echocardiography Transesophageal Follow-Up Studies
Zdroj:	Pediatric cardiology. 19(4)
ISSN:	0172-0643
Popis:	We describe a patient with protein-losing enteropathy who presented 6 months after undergoing a modified Fontan operation. After failing to respond to medical therapy, the Fontan tunnel was fenestrated by catheter intervention with immediate improvement and resolution of hypoproteinemia and enteric protein loss.
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