title: Does heart rate predict allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant recipients?
abstract: Experimental data suggest that heart rate is directly associated with the progression of atherosclerosis. We evaluated the prognostic importance of heart rate measured at rest 3 months after transplantation in 143 heart transplant recipients. During the follow-up (mean 9.5 years, range 2-23 years) 56 patients had coronary lesions. Survival without coronary lesion at angiography did not significantly differ between patients with a basal heart rate > or ≤97/min (median, p=0.44). This series does not support a prognostic influence of heart rate for cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hôpital de la Timone, 13385 Marseille, France. Electronic address: pierre.ambrosi@ap-hm.fr.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ambrosi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kreitmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hôpital de la Timone, 13385 Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Habib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014180:Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology