title: Cardiac transplantation in a 14-yr-old patient with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmauss
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sodian
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klopstock
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Deutsch
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Daebritz
mesh_terms: 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