title: Complete heart block complicating retrograde left-heart catheterization of patients with cardiac allografts.
abstract: The development of complete heart block during left-sided cardiac catheterization is an uncommon event. We describe three cases of complete heart block complicating left-sided cardiac catheterization of patients with cardiac allografts. Review of the cases performed at our institution suggests that complete heart block during left-sided catheterization may be more common in patients with cardiac allografts.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Division of Cardiology, Los Angeles 90024.
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Sack
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: MacAlpin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Sherman
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yeatman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged