title: Regression of post-Fontan protein-losing enteropathy. After surgical correction of hemodynamic faults other than high right atrial pressure.
abstract: We describe a case of protein-losing enteropathy after a Fontan operation, in the absence of high right atrial pressure. Although partial regression of protein-losing enteropathy was obtained with high doses of cortisone, complete resolution of the phenomenon was accomplished only after surgical closure of a left-to-right shunt through the pulmonary valve.
authors.affiliation: Cattedra Cardiologia Pediatrica, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ventriglia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mundo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Colloridi
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve