Three cases of orthotopic heart transplantation for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a cardiomyopathy that primarily affects the heart muscle in the right ventricle. The ventricular muscle is replaced by fatty or fibrous tissue in a diffuse or spotty process. We performed orthotopic heart transplantations in 3 patients and all patients are alive. When ARVC has progressed to heart failure in the right or left ventricles, orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapeutic option.
Yoda
Masataka
M
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. masatakayoda@aol.com
Minami
Kazutomo
K
Fritzsche
Dirk
D
Tendrich
Gero
G
Schulte-Eistrup
Sebastian
S
Koerfer
Reiner
R
D000328:Adult; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged