title: Heart-lung transplantation in a 14-year-old boy with Alström syndrome.
abstract: We present a 14-year-old boy who suffered from progressive biventricular cardiac failure and secondary pulmonary artery hypertension associated with the rarely seen Alström syndrome. The boy underwent successful heart-lung transplantation. We conclude from this report that heart-lung transplantation in patients with Alström syndrome is a viable therapeutic option in select cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. goerler.adelheid@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: Heidi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goerler
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Warnecke
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winterhalter
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ballmann
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wessel
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haverich
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strüber
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome