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Successful childbirth in a Fontan with protein losing enteropathy

Part of: Functionally Univentricular Heart

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2019

Kristi N. Ryan ,
Michael R. Leonardi  and
Ty E. Hasselman
Kristi N. Ryan
Affiliation:
Congenital Heart Center, 420 NE Glen Oak Ave, Suite 301, Peoria, IL 61603, USA
Michael R. Leonardi
Affiliation:
OSF Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Center, 530 NE Glen Oak Ave, Suite 1200, Peoria, IL 61603, USA
Ty E. Hasselman*
Affiliation:
Congenital Heart Center, 420 NE Glen Oak Ave, Suite 301, Peoria, IL 61603, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Ty Hasselman, MD, Congenital Heart Center, 420 NE Glen Oak Ave, Suite 301, Peoria, IL 61603, USA. Tel: 309-363-3076; Fax: 309-655-3410; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

As survival rates and functional status of the adult single ventricle population have grown, some may become pregnant inadvertently or against our advice. The outcomes are often poor, being worse for the fetus/baby rather than the mother with a Fontan circuit. No reports of a successful delivery of a healthy baby to a Fontan mother with protein losing enteropathy were found in the literature. We present one such case.

Keywords

Fontanpregnancyprotein losing enteropathy
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 2019 , pp. 547 - 548
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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