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Heart transplantation for chyloptysis after Fontan operation
M C Robotin1, B D Edis, R G Weintraub
1Victorian Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
Chyloptysis is a rare clinical problem, fewer than 10 patients having been reported in the literature. We report a patient with intractable chyloptysis associated with a Fontan procedure, who was palliated by heart transplantation.