SINOATRIAL AND ATRIOVENTRICULAR-BLOCK CAUSED BY INTRACORONARY INFUSION OF ADENOSINE EARLY AFTER HEART-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
ANDERSON TJ RYAN TJ MUDGE GH SELWYN AP GANZ P YEUNG AC
Citation
Tj. Anderson et al., SINOATRIAL AND ATRIOVENTRICULAR-BLOCK CAUSED BY INTRACORONARY INFUSION OF ADENOSINE EARLY AFTER HEART-TRANSPLANTATION, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 12(3), 1993, pp. 522-524
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
10532498
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
522 - 524
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-2498(1993)12:3<522:SAACBI>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Intracoronary adenosine was infused in 22 patients early (less than 2 months) after heart transplantation to study coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending artery. Potentially serious bradycardia r equiring discontinuation of the infusion occurred in three patients. T his complication had not been noted when adenosine was given to 84 pat ients at least 1 year after transplantation. Newly transplanted hearts may therefore have increased susceptibility to the bradycardic action of adenosine, which should be used with caution in this population.