Heart transplantation in infants with idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Pediatric Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 650-653

  Ragni, Luca ^a   Biagini, Elena ^a   Picchio, Fernando M ^a   Prandstraller, Daniela ^a   Leone, Ornella ^a   Berardini, Alessandra ^a   Perolo, Antonella ^a   Grigioni, Francesco ^a   Di Diodoro, Lara ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^b   Arbustini, Eloisa ^b   Rapezzi, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Heart transplant; Infant

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651149833     PISSN: 13973142     EISSN: 13993046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3046.2008.01022.x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Harris KM, Spirito P, Maron MS, et al. Prevalence, clinical profile, and significance of left ventricular remodeling in the end-stage phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 2006 : 114 : 216 225.
2. Biagini E, Coccolo F, Ferlito M, et al. Dilated-hypokinetic evolution of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Prevalence, incidence, risk factors, and prognostic implications in pediatric and adult patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 : 46 : 1543 1550.
3. Coutu M, Perrault LP, White M, et al. Cardiac transplantation for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A valid therapeutic option. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004 : 23 : 413 417.
4. Maron BJ, Tajik AJ, Ruttenberg HD, et al. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in infants: Clinical features and natural history. Circulation 1982 : 65 : 7 17.
5. Pedra SR, Smallhorn JF, Ryan G, et al. Fetal cardiomyopathies: Pathogenic mechanisms, hemodynamic findings, and clinical outcome. Circulation 2002 : 106 : 585 591.
6. Nugent AW, Daubeney PE, Chondros P, et al. The epidemiology of childhood cardiomyopathy in Australia. N Engl J Med 2003 : 348 : 1639 1646.
7. Nugent AW, Daubeney PE, Chondros P, et al. Clinical features and outcomes of childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Results from a national population-based study. Circulation 2005 : 112 : 1332 1338.
8. Lekanne Deprez RH, Muurling-Vlietman JJ, Hruda J, et al. Two cases of severe neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by compound heterozygous mutations in the MYBPC3 gene. J Med Genet 2006 : 43 : 829 832.
9. Colan SD, Lipshultz SE, Lowe AM, et al. Epidemiology and cause-specific outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in children: Findings from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. Circulation 2007 : 115 : 773 781.
10. Skinner JR, Manzoor A, Hayes AM, Joffe HS, Martin RP. A regional study of presentation and outcome of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in infants. Heart 1997 : 77 : 229 233.
11. Xin B, Puffenberger E, Tumbush J, Bockoven JR, Wang H. Homozygosity for a novel splice site mutation in the cardiac myosin-binding protein C gene causes severe neonatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Med Genet A 2007 : 143 : 2662 2667.
12. Kampmann C, Wiethoff CM, Wenzel A, et al. Normal values of M mode echocardiographic measurements of more than 2000 healthy infants and children in central Europe. Heart 2000 : 83 : 667 672.
13. Minakata K, Dearani JA, O'leary PW, Danielson GK. Septal myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in pediatric patients: Early and late results. Ann Thorac Surg 2005 : 80 : 1424 1429.
14. Holmgren D, Wahlander H, Eriksson BO, Oldfors A, Holme E, Tulinius M. Cardiomyopathy in children with mitochondrial disease; clinical course and cardiological findings. Eur Heart J 2003 : 24 : 280 288.