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

Sabra C. Lewsey, MD, MPH; Kavita Sharma, MD; Ahmet Kilic, MD; Marc K. Halushka, MD, PhD; Joban Vaishnav, MD; Ilan S. Wittstein, MD; Harikrishna Tandri, MBBS; Hugh Calkins, MD; Cynthia A. James, SM, PhD, CGC; Nisha A. Gilotra, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2020)

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

Sabra C. Lewsey, MD, MPH,
Kavita Sharma, MD,
Ahmet Kilic, MD,
Marc K. Halushka, MD, PhD,
Joban Vaishnav, MD,
Ilan S. Wittstein, MD,
Harikrishna Tandri, MBBS,
Hugh Calkins, MD,
Cynthia A. James, SM, PhD, CGC,
Nisha A. Gilotra, MD

Affiliations

Sabra C. Lewsey, MD, MPH: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Kavita Sharma, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Ahmet Kilic, MD: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Marc K. Halushka, MD, PhD: Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Joban Vaishnav, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Ilan S. Wittstein, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Harikrishna Tandri, MBBS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Hugh Calkins, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Cynthia A. James, SM, PhD, CGC: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
Nisha A. Gilotra, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Address for correspondence: Dr. Nisha A. Gilotra, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Carnegie Building Suite 568, Baltimore, Maryland 21287.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 59 – 63

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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.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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