Protein Losing Enteropathy After Cardiac Transplantation Successfully Treated by Stent Implantation
World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery
Published online on August 22, 2016
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.