Open AccessBradycardia in Recent Heart Transplant: Will the Microscope Illuminate the True Answer?
Author(s) -
Amit Alam,
Philip F. Halloran,
Christo Mathew,
Samreen Fathima,
Alexia Ghazi,
Parag Kale,
Shelley Hall
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
methodist debakey cardiovascular journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.552
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1947-6094
pISSN - 1947-6108
DOI - 10.14797/prem9909
Subject(s) - medicine , heart transplantation , presentation (obstetrics) , intensive care medicine , bradycardia , biopsy , transplantation , cardiology , surgery , blood pressure , heart rate
Transplant recipients are at risk of developing rejection that may cause significant morbidity and mortality following transplantation The clinical presentation of rejection may be atypical, leading to difficulties in diagnosis and management especially in cases with a nondiagnostic biopsy specimen. The emergence of artificial intelligence may aid in clinical decision making when traditional techniques are inconclusive.