title: Cardiac transplantation and aortic coarctation repair in severe heart failure.
abstract: A 37-year-old man presented with severe dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to occult aortic coarctation. He was successfully managed with combined orthotopic heart transplantation and aortic coarctation repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: O Christopher
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Raffel
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Ruygrok
authors.forename: A Kirsten
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Finucane
authors.forename: Alastair D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: McGeorge
authors.forename: Renelle L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male