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Spontaneous echoes due to hypoalbuminemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2005

Amir Hadash ,
Yulia Braver  and
Avraham Lorber
Amir Hadash
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Yulia Braver
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
Avraham Lorber
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology, Meyer Children’s Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Abstract

We found spontaneous echoes in two teenagers with nephrotic syndrome and profound hypoalbuminemia, both having normal cardiac structure, function and output. The phenomenon disappeared after the level of albumin normalized. In one patient, all spontaneous echoes disappeared following convalescence, the level of albumin in the serum then being documented at normal levels. The second patient, who presented with profound hypoalbuminemia, was infused with human albumin because of oliguria, following which the spontaneous echoes disappeared.

Keywords

Nephrotic syndromehypoalbuminemiaspontaneous echoes
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 5 , October 2004 , pp. 560 - 561
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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