Heart transplantation in muscular dystrophy: Single-center analysis.

Introduction: Cardiac involvement may occur in many forms of muscular dystrophy (MD). While cardiac disease may progress to warrant heart transplantation (HTx), there may be contraindications related to extra-cardiac disease including pulmonary and skeletal muscle involvement that limit overall survival and impairs post-transplant rehabilitation efforts. This study describes the MD HTx experience at a single high-volume center.

The effects of donor-specific antibody characteristics on cardiac allograft vasculopathy.

Background: Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) causes late graft dysfunction and post-transplant mortality. Currently, the effects of different donor-specific antibodies (DSA) on the severity of CAV remain unclear.

Method: We evaluated 526 adult heart transplant recipients at a single center between January 2010 and August 2015.