title: Heart transplantation in infants with idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Whereas it is well known that idiopathic HCM can present in newborns and infants, little information is available on HT in this very young age group. We report a series of 17 infants with idiopathic HCM, including two neonates with rapidly progressive severe HF for whom HT was necessary. When HF manifests in a newborn/infant with idiopathic HCM and extreme cavity size reduction, the possibility of a rapidly progressive clinical course should be anticipated and HT may become the only available therapeutic solution.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology and Adult Congenital Cardiology Unit, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ragni
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Biagini
authors.forename: Fernando M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Picchio
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prandstraller
authors.forename: Ornella
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berardini
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perolo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grigioni
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: di Diodoro
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: Eloisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arbustini
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rapezzi
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000628:therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome