Journal article
Interrelation between donor and recipient heart rates during exercise after heterotopic cardiac transplantation.
Abstract
The interrelation between the rates of the innervated recipient heart and the denervated donor heart at rest, on standing, and during the different phases of maximal exercise was studied in nine patients 1-6 months after heterotopic cardiac transplantation. The resting heart rate was significantly higher in the donor heart compared with the recipient heart. Eight of the nine recipient hearts and none of the donor hearts showed an increase in …
Authors
Yusuf S; Mitchell A; Yacoub MH
Journal
Heart, Vol. 54, No. 2,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
August 1, 1985
DOI
10.1136/hrt.54.2.173
ISSN
1355-6037