Publications by authors named "Armen Margarian"
Background: The precise incidence and cause of atrioventricular block (AVB) after heart transplantation remain uncertain.
Methods And Results: After surgery, immediate and follow-up electrocardiograms from 1047 consecutive patients who underwent heart transplantation were reviewed for AVB and correlated with clinical symptoms, laboratory data, rejection grade, and echocardiogram and coronary angiography findings. A total of 113 patients demonstrated various kinds of AVB; the incidence was 10.