title: Intrinsic neural reflexes in the post-transplant human heart.
abstract: Radiofrequency ablation of post-transplant flutter in a centrally denervated donor atrium at a site remote from the AV node resulted in transient worsening of AV nodal conduction, with absent central vagal reinnervation. This could be an electrophysiological marker of intact innervation to the donor AV node from the intrinsic cardiac neuronal plexus, not demonstrated in human hearts earlier.
authors.affiliation: University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4.
authors.forename: Krishnakumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Menashe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Waxman
authors.forename: Talha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.forename: Kumaraswamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nanthakumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006327:Heart Block / Q000503:physiopathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*