Singh Mrinal, Parameshwar Jayan, Lewis Clive, Tsui Steven S L
Transplant Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Transplant Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2015 May;47(5):929-30. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu233. Epub 2014 Jun 10.
Advanced heart failure is a rare but important complication of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The only definitive treatment is heart transplantation and the role of ventricular assist devices remains uncertain. We describe the use of implantable biventricular assist devices in the treatment of a patient with 'end-stage' non-dilated HCM.