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A Porcine Heterotopic Heart Transplantation Protocol for Delivery of Therapeutics to a Cardiac Allograft
Published on: February 14, 2022
Cardiac transplantation: a temporary solution for Friedreich's ataxia-induced dilated cardiomyopathy
Tara Leanne Sedlak1, Mann Chandavimol, Lynn Straatman
1University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Abstract:
Friedreich's ataxia is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. We report the case of a 34-year-old man with Friedreich's ataxia and dilated cardiomyopathy who underwent successful cardiac transplantation. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a heart transplantation for Friedreich's ataxia dilated cardiomyopathy.

