title: Successful bridge to transplantation in a patient with Becker muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France. pascal.leprince@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leprince
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heloire
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eymard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Duboc
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pavie
mesh_terms: 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