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[Spontaneous remission in a patient with long-term idiopathic dilated myocardiopathy]
J M Arizón1, M Anguita, F Torres
1Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Reina Sofía, Córdoba.
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|May 1, 1992
Abstract:
The case of a patient with long-term idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, functional class IV, very depressed left ventricular ejection fraction (13%) and history of severe dyspnea for more than four years, who experienced an spontaneous clinical and hemodynamic recovery (functional class I, left ventricular ejection fraction 51%) while being on waiting list for heart transplantation is reported. The patient remains in good clinical condition after a follow-up of two years.