Usefulness of Heart Rate as an Independent Predictor for Survival After Heart Transplantation

Impact of basal heart rate on long-term prognosis of heart transplant patients

“…The study which has gone deepest into this topic was the one conducted by Anand et al [21]. These authors included 78 patients during a 10-year follow-up and the HR was measured only 3 months post-HTx.…”

Resting heart rate: A predictor of graft vasculopathy? Reply

“…For instance, high HR within the first 3 months after heart transplantation may be due to infectious complications, acute rejection or graft loss. The findings of Anand et al confirm this assumption since they found that patients with an HR N 90 beats/min within the first 3 months after heart transplantation were 2.8 more likely to die than patients with a HR≤ 90 beats/min [3].…”

Hypertension in cardiac transplant recipients

“…В последние годы были опубликованы результаты исследований, свидетельствующие о связи тахикардии с риском смерти у реципиентов трансплантированного серд-ца [73]. В одном из исследований было показано, что ЧСС > 90 мин -1 через 3 месяца после ОТТС является предиктором 10-летней летальности [74]. Ciarka и соавт.…”