Novel Implantable Device to Detect Cardiac Allograft Rejection
Author(s) -
Tetsuya Horai,
Hideyuki Fumoto,
Diyar Saeed,
Roula Zahr,
Tomohiro Anzai,
Yoko Arakawa,
Shanaz Shalli,
Chiyo Ootaki,
Jacquelyn Catanese,
Masatoshi Akiyama,
Carmela D. Tan,
E. René Rodríguez,
James B. Young,
Kiyotaka Fukamachi
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.827170
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , heart transplantation , transplantation
Allograft rejection remains the nemesis of solid organ transplantation. Soul Mate is a novel implantable wireless data transmission system that analyzes 9 intramyocardial electrogram parameters recorded from 4 or 6 configurations of 2 or 3 epicardial leads to detect allograft rejection. This study determined the ability of the Soul Mate to detect early rejection of transplanted hearts.
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