Recipient atrial flutter masquerading as donor flutter in a heart transplant recipient.

J Heart Lung Transplant

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, USA.

Published: April 2007

Atrial flutter is common after orthotopic heart transplantation. We present the case of a patient who presented with atrial flutter on 12-lead electrocardiogram. On invasive electrophysiologic study, the donor heart was found to be in sinus rhythm and the recipient atrium was in flutter, which was dissociated from the donor.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2007.01.015DOI Listing

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