PubMed · 1989 · 14 citations · 0 references
MedicineCardiologyPharmacologyCardiac TransplantationTransplant PharmacotherapyTransplant SurgeryAntiarrhythmic TherapyArrhythmia PharmacotherapyAtrial FibrillationCardiac PacingCardiac PharmacotherapyHeart TransplantationAdult Heart TransplantationHeart Transplant CareHeart Transplant RejectionHemodynamic InsufficiencyMaintenance Of Sinus RhythmPacingPostoperative ArrhythmiasRhythm Control Therapy
Atrial and junctional arrhythmias may occur after heart transplantation. Often these arrhythmias require intravenous beta-agonists or atrial pacing to improve posttransplant hemodynamic values. We describe a heart transplant patient with a hemodynamically significant junctional rhythm who responded to oral terbutaline with conversion to sinus rhythm.