title: Protein Losing Enteropathy After Cardiac Transplantation Successfully Treated by Stent Implantation.
abstract: Protein losing enteropathy (PLE) is a severe consequence of Fontan physiology that sometimes requires heart transplantation for definitive treatment. We describe transplant refractory PLE in a patient with heterotaxia and complex systemic and hepatic venous connections, successfully treated by transcatheter relief of multiple venous obstructions.
authors.affiliation: 1 Children's Heart Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Devanagondi
authors.affiliation: 2 Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Patcharapong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Suntharos
authors.affiliation: 2 Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Gerard J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.affiliation: 2 Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Lourdes R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Prieto
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D011504:Protein-Losing Enteropathies / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents
keywords: angioplasty; heart; heterotaxy; stents; transplantation