Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2971448 | The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation | 2011 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Patients who required PPM late after orthotopic cardiac transplantation had a prognosis comparable to those paced early and those who did not require PPM. The independent risk factors for PPM were biatrial anastomosis and increasing donor age. SA-nodal dysfunction as an indication for PPM was more prevalent early after transplantation, whereas atrioventricular (AV) disease more commonly presented late. The requirement for pacing late after transplantation was not associated with rejection or cardiac allograft vasculopathy.
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Authors
David G. MBBS, MRCP, David H. MD, Direndra MD, Iman MD, MRCP, Wajid MRCP, Vias MD, FRCP, Nicholas R. BM, FRCP, Tom MD, FRCP,