Partial left ventriculectomy in a two-year-old girl with dilated cardiomyopathy

J Heart Lung Transplant. 1999 Apr;18(4):381-3. doi: 10.1016/s1053-2498(98)00067-9.

Abstract

We report the case of a two-year-old girl with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy who was a status I heart transplant candidate. Partial left ventriculectomy and novel mitral valve repair were performed. Early hemodynamic and functional improvements were maintained at the 18-month follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Captopril / therapeutic use
  • Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / surgery*
  • Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child, Preschool
  • Digoxin / therapeutic use
  • Diuretics / therapeutic use
  • Dobutamine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Furosemide / therapeutic use
  • Heart Failure / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Hemodynamics / physiology
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve / surgery
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery
  • Papillary Muscles / surgery

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Cardiotonic Agents
  • Diuretics
  • Dobutamine
  • Digoxin
  • Furosemide
  • Captopril