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A rare cause of persisting anaemia in a patient with a failing Fontan circulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2016

Loes Lambrecht ,
Bjorn Cools  and
Peter Witters
Loes Lambrecht
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Bjorn Cools
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Peter Witters*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
*
Correspondence to: P. Witters, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel: +3216 343840; Fax: +3216 343842; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

This case report describes intestinal angiodysplasias as a cause of persisting anaemia in a 16-year-old girl with a failing Fontan circulation. Although this is a very rare cause of anaemia, we highlight the importance of video capsule endoscopy in such patients to initiate a life-saving treatment.

Keywords

Fontananaemiaangiodysplasias
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 1 , January 2017 , pp. 176 - 177
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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