Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Heart Transplantation in a Young Man With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
This case underscores the importance of individual consideration for HT in patients with DMD, provides additional insight into the unique risks of VAD support in these patients, and further builds upon the existing experience that acceptable post-HT outcomes are achievable in this population.
Authors
- John C. Dykes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-2234)
- Michael Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1367-2071)
- Seth A. Hollander (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0818-3150)
- Élisabeth Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6259-7813)
- Beth D. Kaufman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0484-5281)
- David N. Rosenthal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-2759)
- Jenna Klotz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7533-7861)
- L.C. Steffes
- Jonathan Dayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5906-5605)
- Jenna Murray
- Esmeralda Morales
Institutions
- Palo Alto University (US)
- Children's Health Council (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Transplantation
- Published
- 2025-08-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/petr.70162
- Primary Topic
- Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00