Orthotopic cardiac transplantation 30 months after successful dynamic cardiomyoplasty.
Reports of cardiac transplantation after successful cardiomyoplasty are rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old man with intractable heart failure who underwent successful orthotopic cardiac transplantation 30 months after dynamic cardiomyoplasty.
Letsou
George V
GV
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 7703. george.v.letsou@uth.tmc.edu
Carter
Jane E
JE
Shenaq
Saleh
S
Gregoric
Igor D
ID
Delgado
Reynolds
R
Frazier
O H
OH
D018421:Cardiomyoplasty; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged