Key result
Dual heart-liver transplantation was successfully performed in a 45-year-old woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy complicated by severe right-sided heart failure and cardiac cirrhosis.
Why the study?
This report highlights an emerging sex-based difference in arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, where female sex is associated with a higher risk of heart failure than in male patients.
Case Report (n=1)
Women with ARVC may be at high risk for severe, insidious right ventricular failure and subsequent cardiac cirrhosis, which can necessitate dual heart-liver transplantation.
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.)
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Lewsey et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) (n=1). Dual heart-liver transplantation was evaluated. Dual heart-liver transplantation was successfully performed in a 45-year-old woman with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy complicated by severe right-sided heart failure and cardiac cirrhosis.
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