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Heparin Therapy and Reversal of Protein-Losing Enteropathy in a Case with Congenital Heart Disease

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We describe a patient with tricuspid hypoplasia who developed a protein-losing enteropathy. Having failed to respond to medical and surgical treatments, a heparin regimen was started with immediate decrease in enteric protein loss.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Hospital Materno-infantil de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona 08035, Spain, ES

    I. Bendayán, J. Casaldaliga & F. Castelló

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Materno-infantil de la Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona 08035, Spain, ES

    Ll. Miró

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Bendayán, I., Casaldaliga, J., Castelló, F. et al. Heparin Therapy and Reversal of Protein-Losing Enteropathy in a Case with Congenital Heart Disease. Pediatr Cardiol 21, 267–268 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002460010055

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