Stable Ventricular Fibrillation in a Heterotopic Heart Transplant Recipient

Successful catheter ablation of recipient left ventricular tachycardia 26 years after heterotopic heart transplantation

“…However, management of arrhythmia occurring in HHTx has been mainly described with individual observations 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Among 16 patients who underwent HHTx at their center, Tagusari and colleagues 8 reported a 25% cumulative incidence of VAs after HHTx at a mean follow-up of 4 years.…”

An Unusual Electrocardiogram in a Heart Transplant Recipient

“…There is a paucity of reports of native heart ventricular fibrillation in heterotopic heart transplant recipients with widely varying degrees of haemodynamic compromise and management strategies [1][2][3][4]. Our case adds to the literature on the roles of synchronized DC cardioversion as an effective immediate therapy and amiodarone as a secondary preventative measure for a rare but serious problem.…”