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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Main Authors: Sabra C. Lewsey, MD, MPH, Kavita Sharma, MD, Ahmet Kilic, MD, Marc K. Halushka, MD, PhD, Joban Vaishnav, MD, Ilan S. Wittstein, MD, Harikrishna Tandri, MBBS, Hugh Calkins, MD, Cynthia A. James, SM, PhD, CGC, Nisha A. Gilotra, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:
cardiac transplant
cardiomyopathy
right ventricle
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919306229

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