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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:1289-1291
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Orthotopic cardiac transplantation 30 months after successful dynamic cardiomyoplasty

George V. Letsou, MD*a, Jane E. Carter, MDa, Saleh Shenaq, MDb, Igor D. Gregoric, MDc, Reynolds Delgado, MDd, O. H. Frazier, MDc

a Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas–Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas, USA
b Department of Plastic Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
c Cardiopulmonary Transplantation Service, Houston, Texas, USA
d Heart Failure Clinic, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

Accepted for publication February 21, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Letsou, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, The University of Texas–Houston Medical School, 6410 Fannin, Suite 450, Houston, TX, USA 77030
e-mail: george.v.letsou{at}uth.tmc.edu

Reports of cardiac transplantation after successful cardiomyoplasty are rare. We report the case of a 63-year-old man with intractable heart failure who underwent successful orthotopic cardiac transplantation 30 months after dynamic cardiomyoplasty.




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