Protein‐losing enteropathy in an adult with non‐ischaemic cardiomyopathy: complete reversal by heart transplantation

Protein‐losing enteropathy (PLE) due to leakage of lymph into the gut sometimes occurs in young patients after Fontan palliation but is very rarely reported with other aetiologies of chronic heart failure (HF). PLE leads to severe hypoalbuminemia and immunodeficiency and is associated with poor prog...

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Autores principales: Melenovsky, Vojtech, Kubanek, Milos, Kacer, Petr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30051970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12342

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6165937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30051970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12342

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