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World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2025; 15(2): 101005
Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.101005
Published online Jun 18, 2025. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v15.i2.101005
Atrial arrhythmias following lung transplantation: A state of the art review
Thirugnanasambandan Sunder, Paul Ramesh, Madhan Kumar, Department of Heart Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai 600086, Tamil Nadu, India
Author contributions: Sunder T conceived the idea, collected references and wrote the paper; Ramesh P suggested format, collected the references, reviewed and approved the manuscript; Kumar M collected the reference articles, suggested headings, reviewed and approved the manuscript; all the authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript to be published.
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Corresponding author: Thirugnanasambandan Sunder, Professor, Department of Heart Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support, Apollo Hospitals, Greams Lane Off Greams Road, Chennai 600086, Tamil Nadu, India. sunder64@gmail.com
Received: September 1, 2024
Revised: October 25, 2024
Accepted: November 19, 2024
Published online: June 18, 2025
Processing time: 172 Days and 17.5 Hours
Revised: October 25, 2024
Accepted: November 19, 2024
Published online: June 18, 2025
Processing time: 172 Days and 17.5 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: While atrial arrhythmias (AA) after lung transplantation (LT) continue to be challenging, there has been an increase in our understanding of the mechanisms of these arrhythmias. Early arrhythmias are commonly due to atrial fibrillation and late arrhythmias are often atrial tachycardia. While the main treatment of early perioperative arrhythmia is drug therapy or cardioversion, the late stable arrhythmias can now be successfully treated by catheter ablation. Prophylactic measures to prevent arrhythmia are needed. In the absence of specific guidelines to treat AA after LT, further studies are needed to evaluate methods to prevent or reduce the incidence.