Dual-Organ Transplantation in a Woman With Right Ventricular Failure Secondary to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Dual-Organ Transplantation in a Woman With Right Ventricular Failure Secondary to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

We report a case of a woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) who presented with severe right-sided heart failure and cardiac cirrhosis that mandated heart-liver transplantation. This case highlights an emerging sex-based difference in ARVC where female sex is associated wi...

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC. Case reports 2020-01, Vol.2 (1), p.59-63
Hauptverfasser: Lewsey, Sabra C., Sharma, Kavita, Kilic, Ahmet, Halushka, Marc K., Vaishnav, Joban, Wittstein, Ilan S., Tandri, Harikrishna, Calkins, Hugh, James, Cynthia A., Gilotra, Nisha A.
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Sprache:eng
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cardiac transplant
cardiomyopathy
Case Report
right ventricle
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Zusammenfassung:We report a case of a woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) who presented with severe right-sided heart failure and cardiac cirrhosis that mandated heart-liver transplantation. This case highlights an emerging sex-based difference in ARVC where female sex is associated with a higher risk of heart failure than in male patients with ARVC. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) [Display omitted] We report a case of a woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) who presented with severe right-sided heart failure…
ISSN:2666-0849
2666-0849
DOI:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.006