Stents in the successful management of protein-losing enteropathy after fontan.
A 5-year-old female presented with anasarca secondary to protein-losing enteropathy after fenestrated extracardiac Fontan. There was no response to digoxin, furosemide, spironolactone and captopril. She had coarctation of the aorta and left pulmonary artery stenosis resistant to multiple surgical and balloon interventions. Stent expansion of these lesions resulted in the patient's recovery from protein-losing enteropathy.
Shahda
Safi
S
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, 1465 South Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63104-1095, USA.
Zahra
Michael
M
Fiore
Andrew
A
Jureidini
Saadeh
S
D017130:Angioplasty / Q000379:methods; D001027:Aortography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents