Key result
Heart transplantation leads to a spectrum of arrhythmias due to surgical healing, progressive alterations in the donor heart, and changes in the neurohumoral milieu.
Provides a summary of the mechanisms and management of arrhythmias specific to heart transplant recipients.
May guide arrhythmia monitoring in transplant recipients; leaves open optimal prevention strategies for prospective study.
H eart transplantation (HT) has significantly altered the treatment paradigm for end-stage heart disease. ] Besides the effects of surgical healing, the increasing longevity of the HT patient allows for new and progressive alterations in the donor heart as well as the neurohumoral milieu, resulting in a spectrum of arrhythmias with clinical implications. The Table provides a summary of the unique mechanisms of arrhythmias in the transplanted heart.
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Thajudeen et al. (2012) conducted a review in Arrhythmias after heart transplantation. Heart transplantation leads to a spectrum of arrhythmias due to surgical healing, progressive alterations in the donor heart, and changes in the neurohumoral milieu.
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