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Orthotopic heart transplantation in patient with Williams syndrome: case report and considerations in perioperative and long-term management
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Orthotopic heart transplantation in patient with Williams syndrome: case report and considerations in perioperative and long-term management

Alee N. Pettit, Lindsay J. Nitsche, Humera Ahmed, Michael Catalano and Constantine D. Mavroudis
Cardiology in the young, v 35(1), pp 212-213
01 Jan 2025
PMID: 39849891

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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems Cardiovascular System & Cardiology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology Pediatrics
This report describes the first long-term survival following a heart transplant for Williams syndrome-associated cardiac pathologies. An 11-year-old patient with severe global left ventricular dysfunction presented with heart failure and underwent heart transplantation. Her peri- and post-operative courses were complicated by hypertension related to underlying vascular pathology.

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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
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