2008
Pacemaker Therapy for Early and Late Sinus Node Dysfunction in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients: A Single‐Center Experience
LUEBBERT JJ, LEE FA, ROSENFELD LE. Pacemaker Therapy for Early and Late Sinus Node Dysfunction in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients: A Single‐Center Experience. Pacing And Clinical Electrophysiology 2008, 31: 1108-1112. PMID: 18834460, DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01149.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOrthotopic heart transplantationSinus node dysfunctionOHT recipientsEarly complicationsTransplant recipientsLate sinus node dysfunctionSignificant sinus node dysfunctionOrthotopic heart transplant recipientsHeart transplant clinicMean age 50.2Heart transplant recipientsSingle-center experienceAge 50.2Electrophysiology serviceTransplant clinicHeart transplantationHeart transplantPermanent pacemakerLikely multifactorialPacemaker therapyLarge cohortPatientsAmbulatory monitoringRecipientsPacemaker
1996
Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation
Verhoeven P, Lee F, Ramahi T, Franco K, de Leon C, Amatruda J, Gorham N, Mattera J, Wackers F. Prognostic value of noninvasive testing one year after orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 1996, 28: 183-189. PMID: 8752812, DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(96)00094-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery vasculopathyOrthotopic cardiac transplantationCardiac transplantationEquilibrium radionuclide angiographyPrognostic valueRadionuclide angiographyClinical variablesNoninvasive testingHuman leukocyte antigen mismatchesStress thallium-201 imagingThallium-201 myocardial perfusion imagingConsecutive transplant recipientsRoutine noninvasive testingStress myocardial imagingCold ischemic timeStress myocardial perfusionThallium-201 imagingTwo-dimensional echocardiographyNoninvasive diagnostic testingMyocardial perfusion imagingOnly significant predictorAntigen mismatchesLate deathsTransplant recipientsIschemic time