Successful bridge to transplantation in a patient with Becker muscular dystrophy-associated cardiomyopathy
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Cervical Heterotopic Mouse Heart Transplantation using End-to-side Anastomosis Technique to Study Transplant Immunology
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P Leprince1, F Heloire, B Eymard
1Service de Chirurgie Thoracique et Cardiovasculaire, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France. pascal.leprince@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Abstract:
A 28-year-old male patient diagnosed with Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD)-associated cardiomyopathy was successfully bridged to transplantation with the Cardiowest total artificial heart. Dramatic improvement of muscular functional status occurred following transplantation.
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