Permanent pacing for asystole of the donor heart after heterotopic heart transplantation.
A 41-year-old woman presented with shortness of breath and decreased exercise tolerance 1 year after heterotopic heart transplantation. She was found to have an ejection fraction of less than 20% for the native heart and severely depressed left ventricular systolic function of the donor heart. A left ventriculogram of the donor heart showed no systolic contractility. A permanent pacemaker was implanted into the right ventricle of the donor heart. One year after pacemaker insertion, systolic function of the donor heart had returned to normal.
Kalife
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Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston, USA.
Radovancević
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Fighali
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D000328:Adult; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic