Heparin therapy and reversal of protein-losing enteropathy in a case with congenital heart disease.
We describe a patient with tricuspid hypoplasia who developed a protein-losing enteropathy. Having failed to respond to medical and surgical treatments, a heparin regimen was started with immediate decrease in enteric protein loss.
Bendayán
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Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Materno-infantil de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona 08035, Spain.
Casaldaliga
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J
Castelló
F
F
Miró
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L
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014264:Tricuspid Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin