Serial intramyocardial electrogram recordings have been performed for noninvasive rejection monitoring in patients after heart transplantation using implanted telemetric dual-chamber pacemaker and fractally coated endocardial loads. The signals have been evaluated using the CHARM (Computerized Heart Acute Rejection Monitoring) system. The reports containing the trend curves of the rejection sensitive parameters show good correlation with the patients clinical course and the results of endomyocardial biopsy. Long-term cardiac transplant monitoring using intramyocardial electrograms is a valuable tool for clinical patient management.
Heart transplantation; Graft rejection; Electrodiagnosis; Pacemaker
