Dual-Organ Transplantation in a Woman With Right Ventricular Failure Secondary to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

Authors :: Marc K. Halushka
Kavita Sharma
Harikrishna Tandri
Ilan S. Wittstein
Hugh Calkins
Cynthia A. James
Ahmet Kilic
Sabra C. Lewsey
Nisha A. Gilotra
Joban Vaishnav
Source :: JACC Case Reports, JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 59-63 (2020)
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier, 2020.
Abstract: We report a case of a woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) who presented with severe right-sided heart failure and cardiac cirrhosis that mandated heart-liver transplantation. This case highlights an emerging sex-based difference in ARVC where female sex is associated with a higher risk of heart failure than in male patients with ARVC. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)<br />Graphical abstract<br />We report a case of a woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) who presented with severe right-sided heart failure…

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