To the Editor — Heart transplant, CIED implant, and mortality

We read with interest the article by Gowani and colleagues.1 Our interest was due in part to our prior work examining the stability of indices of pacemaker function and need for continued pacing of orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) patients, which included a time period during which the biatrial anastomosis technique was still being performed at our institution.2 We were pleased to see a contemporary study on this topic, restricted to patients undergoing cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation after heart transplantation using the bicaval anastomosis technique.
Source: Heart Rhythm - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research