Cardiac transplantation in a 14-yr-old patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy.
We report a rare case of a successful cardiac transplantation in a patient suffering from cardiomyopathy and complex mitochondrial disease. The patient presented with severe heart failure and malignant ventricular arrhythmias requiring implantation of a defibrillator and advanced medical treatment. The patient was listed for urgent heart transplantation and received a donor heart after 36 days. One yr post-operatively, the patient has completely recovered.
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
Sodian
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Klopstock
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Deutsch
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Kaczmarek
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Roemer
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Reichart
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Daebritz
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D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D017237:Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index