Permanent pacemaker for syncope after heart transplantation with bicaval technique.
Sinus node dysfunction occurs occasionally after heart transplantation and may be caused by surgical trauma, ischemia to the sinus node, rejection, drug therapy, and increasing donor age. However, the timing and indication of permanent pacemaker insertion due to sinus node dysfunction following heart transplantation is contentious. Here, we report a case of a permanent pacemaker insertion for syncope due to sinus arrest after heart transplantation, even with a bicaval technique, which has been known to associate with few incidences of sinus node dysfunction.
Lee
Kyong Joo
KJ
Department of Cardiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Jung
Yun Sook
YS
Lee
Chan Joo
CJ
Wi
Jin
J
Shin
Sanghoon
S
Kim
Taehoon
T
Lee
Sang Hak
SH
Kang
Seok-Min
SM
Lee
Moon-Hyoung
MH
Park
Han Ki
HK
D000328:Adult; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D054138:Sinus Arrest, Cardiac