Orthotopic heart transplantation in a child with severe heart failure and chylous ascites
Journal
Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
7
Pages
826-827
Date Issued
2003
Author(s)
Abstract
We report a case of a heart transplantation in a 12-year-old girl 9 years after extensive lung resection and adjuvant chemo- and radiotherapy for intra-thoracic embryonic rhabdomyosarcoma. She had restrictive cardiomyopathy with severe heart failure and chylous ascites. She was treated successfully with orthotopic heart transplantation and her symptoms of chylous ascites subsided gradually after transplantation. Her abdominal girth decreased from 79 cm before the transplant to 53 cm 9 months after the transplant.
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Other Subjects
antineoplastic agent; diuretic agent; immunosuppressive agent; medium chain triacylglycerol; article; cancer chemotherapy; cancer radiotherapy; case report; chylous ascites; clinical feature; disease activity; echocardiography; embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; female; general condition improvement; graft rejection; heart catheterization; heart failure; heart muscle ischemia; heart transplantation; hemodynamic monitoring; histopathology; human; human tissue; immunosuppressive treatment; lung function test; physical examination; postoperative period; priority journal; restrictive cardiomyopathy; school child; thorax radiography
Publisher
Elsevier Inc.
Type
journal article