Bradycardia: a late complication following cardiac transplantation.
Symptomatic bradycardia occurred in 11 of 213 patients (5.2%) surviving > 1 year after orthotopic heart transplantation, most of whom were managed with permanent pacemakers. Evidence for sinus and/or atrioventricular node dysfunction was present in many cases, but patients at risk for this complication could not be predicted from baseline clinical characteristics.
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Weinfeld
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Kartashov
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Piana
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PJ
Hauptman
D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors