Orthotopic Heart Transplantation for Ankylosing Spondylitis Masquerading as Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

Samarthkumar J Thakkar; Paul A Grayburn; Shelley Anne Hall; William C Roberts

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.034

Orthotopic Heart Transplantation for Ankylosing Spondylitis Masquerading as Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

Am J Cardiol. 2019 May 15;123(10):1732-1735. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.034. Epub 2019 Feb 23.

Authors

Samarthkumar J Thakkar¹, Paul A Grayburn², Shelley Anne Hall², William C Roberts³

Affiliations

¹ Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
² Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Cardiology), Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Pathology, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30898307
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.02.034

Abstract

Described herein is a 48-year-old man who underwent orthotopic heart transplantation because of severe heart failure considered clinically due to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, but examination of the operatively excised native heart disclosed classic features of ankylosing spondylitis. Orthotopic heart transplantation for this condition has not been reported previously.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiomyopathies / complications
Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
Cardiomyopathies / surgery*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / surgery*
Heart Transplantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Spondylitis, Ankylosing / complications*