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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Autores principales: 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.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8301681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34316965
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.12.006
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Sumario: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.)

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