title: Three cases of orthotopic heart transplantation for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. masatakayoda@aol.com
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Kazutomo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fritzsche
authors.forename: Gero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tendrich
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulte-Eistrup
authors.forename: Reiner
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koerfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged