Fenestration of extracardiac fontan and reversal of protein-losing enteropathy: case report

Pediatr Cardiol. 1998 Jul-Aug;19(4):355-7. doi: 10.1007/s002469900322.

Abstract

We describe a patient with protein-losing enteropathy who presented 6 months after undergoing a modified Fontan operation. After failing to respond to medical therapy, the Fontan tunnel was fenestrated by catheter intervention with immediate improvement and resolution of hypoproteinemia and enteric protein loss.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Child, Preschool
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Fontan Procedure / adverse effects*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Reoperation