title: Orthotopic cardiac transplantation 30 months after successful dynamic cardiomyoplasty.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas 7703. george.v.letsou@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: George V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Letsou
authors.forename: Jane E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Saleh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shenaq
authors.forename: Igor D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Gregoric
authors.forename: Reynolds
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier
mesh_terms: D018421:Cardiomyoplasty; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged