TY - JOUR
T1 - Permanent pacemaker for syncope after heart transplantation with bicaval technique
AU - Lee, Kyong Joo
AU - Jung, Yun Sook
AU - Lee, Chan Joo
AU - Wi, Jin
AU - Shin, Sanghoon
AU - Kim, Taehoon
AU - Lee, Sang Hak
AU - Kang, Seok Min
AU - Lee, Moon Hyoung
AU - Park, Han Ki
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - Sinus node dysfunction occurs occasionally after heart transplantation and may be caused by surgical trauma, ischemia to the sinus node, rejection, drug therapy, and increasing donor age. However, the timing and indication of permanent pacemaker insertion due to sinus node dysfunction following heart transplantation is contentious. Here, we report a case of a permanent pacemaker insertion for syncope due to sinus arrest after heart transplantation, even with a bicaval technique, which has been known to associate with few incidences of sinus node dysfunction.
AB - Sinus node dysfunction occurs occasionally after heart transplantation and may be caused by surgical trauma, ischemia to the sinus node, rejection, drug therapy, and increasing donor age. However, the timing and indication of permanent pacemaker insertion due to sinus node dysfunction following heart transplantation is contentious. Here, we report a case of a permanent pacemaker insertion for syncope due to sinus arrest after heart transplantation, even with a bicaval technique, which has been known to associate with few incidences of sinus node dysfunction.
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U2 - 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.588
DO - 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.588
M3 - Article
C2 - 19718412
AN - SCOPUS:70449704509
SN - 0513-5796
VL - 50
SP - 588
EP - 590
JO - Yonsei medical journal
JF - Yonsei medical journal
IS - 4
ER -