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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;80:2358-2360
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Three Cases of Orthotopic Heart Transplantation for Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Masataka Yoda, MD * , Kazutomo Minami, MD, PhD, Dirk Fritzsche, MD, PhD, Gero Tendrich, MD, PhD, Sebastian Schulte-Eistrup, MD, Reiner Koerfer, MD, PhD

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

Accepted for publication July 29, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Yoda, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Center North Rhine-Westphalia, University of Bochum, Georgstrasse 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (Email: masatakayoda{at}aol.com).

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a cardiomyopathy that primarily affects the heart muscle in the right ventricle. The ventricular muscle is replaced by fatty or fibrous tissue in a diffuse or spotty process. We performed orthotopic heart transplantations in 3 patients and all patients are alive. When ARVC has progressed to heart failure in the right or left ventricles, orthotopic heart transplantation is an effective therapeutic option.




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