Clinical outcomes after cardiac transplantation in muscular dystrophy patients

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 432 - 438
• Main Authors: Wu, Roland S., Gupta, Sachin, Brown, Robert N., Yancy, Clyde W., Wald, Joyce W., Kaiser, Patricia, Kirklin, Nicole M., Patel, Parag C., Markham, David W., Drazner, Mark H., Garry, Daniel J., Mammen, Pradeep P.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.04.2010; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; cardiomyopathy; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - etiology; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - mortality; Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - surgery; Case-Control Studies; Disease Progression; Diseases of striated muscles. Neuromuscular diseases; Female; Graft Rejection; Heart Transplantation; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; muscular dystrophy; Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne - complications; Neurology; outcome data; Retrospective Studies; retrospective study; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the heart; Survival Rate; transplantation; Treatment Outcome; United States; United States; muscular dystrophy; cardiomyopathy; retrospective study; outcome data; transplantation; Heart; Nervous system diseases; Neuromuscular diseases; Prognosis; Cardiovascular disease; Transplantation; Homotransplantation; Phlebology; Muscular dystrophy; Genetic disease; Treatment; Surgery; Graft; Circulatory system; Cardiology

Patients with muscular dystrophy are at risk of developing a dilated cardiomyopathy and can progress to advanced heart failure. At present, it is not known whether such patients can safely undergo cardiac transplantation. This was a retrospective review of the Cardiac Transplant Research Database, a...