Permanent Pacemaker for Syncope after Heart Transplantation with Bicaval Technique.
10.3349/ymj.2009.50.4.588
- Author:
Kyong Joo LEE
1
;
Yun Sook JUNG
;
Chan Joo LEE
;
Jin WI
;
Sanghoon SHIN
;
Taehoon KIM
;
Sang Hak LEE
;
Seok Min KANG
;
Moon Hyoung LEE
;
Han Ki PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Cardiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. smkang@yuhs.ac
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Permanent pacemaker;
sinus arrest;
heart transplantation
- MeSH:
Adult;
*Heart Transplantation;
Humans;
Male;
*Pacemaker, Artificial;
Sinus Arrest, Cardiac
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
2009;50(4):588-590
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
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.
