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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2006;29:250
© 2006 Elsevier Science NL

Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Successful heart transplantation in Becker's muscular dystrophy

Cardiac Surgery Department, "San Giovanni Battista" Hospital, Turin, Italy

Received 22 July 2005; received in revised form 31 October 2005; accepted 2 November 2005.

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Key Words: Becker's dystrophy • Heart transplantation • Cardiomyopathy

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We describe a Becker muscular dystrophy complicated by an end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy (Figs. 1 and 2 ) . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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