Heart Transplantation Ameliorates Ambulation Capacity in Patients With Muscular Dystrophy - An Analysis of 9 Cases.
Advanced heart failure
Ambulation
Exercise capacity
Heart transplantation
Muscular dystrophy
Journal
Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society
ISSN: 1347-4820
Titre abrégé: Circ J
Pays: Japan
ID NLM: 101137683
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
25 02 2019
25 02 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
29
1
2019
medline:
31
3
2020
entrez:
29
1
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Heart transplantation (HTx) is reported to have a comparable effect on the prognosis of heart failure patients without muscular disease and for those with muscular dystrophy (MD). However, little is known about the changes in muscular diseases in patients with MD after HTx. Methods and Results: We assessed the ambulatory capacity of 9 patients with MD who underwent HTx. All patients demonstrated improvement in ambulation to varying degrees and 1 patient successfully climbed Mount Fuji 3.8 years after HTx. HTx potentially improves not only the prognosis but also the ambulatory capacity of patients with MD.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Heart transplantation (HTx) is reported to have a comparable effect on the prognosis of heart failure patients without muscular disease and for those with muscular dystrophy (MD). However, little is known about the changes in muscular diseases in patients with MD after HTx. Methods and Results: We assessed the ambulatory capacity of 9 patients with MD who underwent HTx. All patients demonstrated improvement in ambulation to varying degrees and 1 patient successfully climbed Mount Fuji 3.8 years after HTx.
CONCLUSIONS
HTx potentially improves not only the prognosis but also the ambulatory capacity of patients with MD.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30686808
doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-18-1060
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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