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Reversal of protein‐losing enteropathy in a child with Fontan circulation is correlated with central venous pressure after heart transplantation
Author(s) -
Holmgren D.,
Berggren H.,
Wåhlander H.,
Hallberg M.,
Myrdal U.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pediatric transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1399-3046
pISSN - 1397-3142
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-3046.2001.005002135.x
Subject(s) - protein losing enteropathy , medicine , enteropathy , central venous pressure , inferior vena cava , fontan procedure , transplantation , cardiology , heart transplantation , surgery , blood pressure , heart disease , heart rate , disease
We report on the reversal of protein‐losing enteropathy (PLE) after heart transplantation (HTx) in a 10‐yr‐old boy with Fontan circulation, previously treated unsuccessfully with heparin for several months. The protein loss continued immediately after the Tx. During the following month, however, a gradual decrease in protein loss was observed, which correlated with a decrease in the inferior vena cava (IVC) pressure. The patient is doing well with a normal serum albumin level and a normal IVC pressure, 2 yr after Tx.