TY - JOUR
T1 - Heart transplantation in infants with idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
AU - Ragni, Luca
AU - Biagini, Elena
AU - Picchio, Fernando M.
AU - Prandstraller, Daniela
AU - Leone, Ornella
AU - Berardini, Alessandra
AU - Perolo, Antonella
AU - Grigioni, Francesco
AU - Di Diodoro, Lara
AU - Gargiulo, Gaetano
AU - Arbustini, Eloisa
AU - Rapezzi, Claudio
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - Whereas it is well known that idiopathic HCM can present in newborns and infants, little information is available on HT in this very young age group. We report a series of 17 infants with idiopathic HCM, including two neonates with rapidly progressive severe HF for whom HT was necessary. When HF manifests in a newborn/infant with idiopathic HCM and extreme cavity size reduction, the possibility of a rapidly progressive clinical course should be anticipated and HT may become the only available therapeutic solution.
AB - Whereas it is well known that idiopathic HCM can present in newborns and infants, little information is available on HT in this very young age group. We report a series of 17 infants with idiopathic HCM, including two neonates with rapidly progressive severe HF for whom HT was necessary. When HF manifests in a newborn/infant with idiopathic HCM and extreme cavity size reduction, the possibility of a rapidly progressive clinical course should be anticipated and HT may become the only available therapeutic solution.
KW - Cardiomyopathy
KW - Heart failure
KW - Heart transplant
KW - Infant
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01022.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01022.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18992068
AN - SCOPUS:67651149833
VL - 13
SP - 650
EP - 653
JO - Pediatric Transplantation
JF - Pediatric Transplantation
SN - 1397-3142
IS - 5
ER -