International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 71-74, 1 June 1998

New preexcitation following cardiac transplant

Section of Cardiac Transplantation, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, and Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, USA

Received 12 December 1997; accepted 17 March 1998.

Abstract 

Preexcitation developed post-operatively in a cardiac transplant recipient whose donor electrocardiogram was normal. An electrophysiology study revealed evidence of a mid-septal atrioventricular (AV) bypass tract. The patient is clinically well fourteen months after transplant and has intermittent preexcitation.

Keywords:  Preexcitation, Heart transplantation, Arrhythmia, Electrophysiology

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PII: S0167-5273(98)00098-9

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 71-74, 1 June 1998

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