Protein-losing enteropathy after the fontan operation: Associations and predictors of clinical outcome

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 262-268

  Silvilairat, Suchaya ^a   Cabalka, Allison K ^a   Cetta, Frank ^a   Grogan, Martha ^a   Hagler, Donald J ^a   O'leary, Patrick W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Fontan operation; Protein losing enteropathy; Univentricular heart

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STEROID; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOSIS; DECELERATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48449101655     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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