Left ventricular assist device implantation in an adult male with Danon disease

We report the case of an adult male patient with dilated-phase hypertrophic cardiomyopathy secondary to Danon disease, who received an LVAD as a bridge to transplantation.<Learning objective: Some patients with Danon disease who underwent heart transplantation have been reported in Japan, but all were female. Male patients with Danon disease have more severe systemic comorbidities than females and heart failure progression is usually too rapid for them to be listed as heart transplant candidates. We present a rare case of an adult male with Danon disease who successfully underwent implantation of a left-ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation.>
Source: Journal of Cardiology Cases - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research