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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

Francesco Patanè * , Edoardo Zingarelli, Matteo Attisani, Fabrizio Sansone

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

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

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +39 011 6335511; fax: +39 011 6336130. (Email: f_patane{at}hotmail.com).

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

We describe a Becker muscular dystrophy complicated by an end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy (Figs. 1 and 2 ) in a 27-year-old male patient resulting in chronic heart failure. One year after successful transplantation, the patient is fairly well. Heart transplantation increases quality of life in those patients more disabled with cardiac involvement than in those with neuromuscular symptoms.


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  		Fig. 1. Becker's dystrophy heart section showing a dilated left ventricle (about 8 cm) with a reduction in the thickness of the free wall (about 8 mm).

 

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  		Fig. 2. Transversal section of the heart ventricles in the Becker's dystrophy.

 




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