Successful bridge to transplantation in a patient with Becker muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy.
A 28-year-old male patient diagnosed with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)-associated cardiomyopathy was successfully bridged to transplantation with the Cardiowest total artificial heart. Dramatic improvement of muscular functional status occurred following transplantation.
Leprince
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P
Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France. pascal.leprince@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Heloire
F
F
Eymard
B
B
Léger
P
P
Duboc
D
D
Pavie
A
A
D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome