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.
Weinfeld
M S
MS
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Kartashov
A
A
Piana
R
R
Hauptman
P J
PJ
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