Does low pulmonary vascular compliance predispose post-Fontan patients to protein-losing enteropathy?
Low pulmonary vascular compliance is associated with the development of PLE after the extracardiac conduit Fontan operation.
No linear correlation between the decrease in systemic SAA and WL was found. There is a depot-dependent difference in adipose SAA secretion and abdominal SAA secretion, which may partially account for the systemic SAA reduction during WL.