Lymphatic obstruction and protein-losing enteropathy in patients with congenital heart disease

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Meadows, Jeffery ^a,c   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a,b   Jenkins, Kathy ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Fontan; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THORACIC DUCT; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 48449093763     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00201.x     Document Type: Article

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