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  • Title: [Late neurological complications of heart transplantation].
    Author: Besson G, Regli F, Goy JJ, Gillard D, Sadeghi H.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1991 Apr 20; 121(16):572-6. PubMed ID: 2042041.
    Abstract:
    To assess anomalies in these subjects, an ambulatory neurological examination was performed in 12 heart transplant patients and in 1 heart-lung transplant patient. The patients were examined between the 3rd and 51st month following the transplantation. Two had symptoms due to a previous neurological disease. Early postoperative complications were found in 6 patients (seizures in 3 cases, cerebral infarcts in 1 case, anoxia in 1 case and right ulnar nerve damage at the elbow in 1 case). Late postoperative complications included postural tremor (9 cases) or mild polyneuropathy (2 cases). Neurological examination was completely normal in 2 patients. The findings show that the most common late neurological abnormality found in heart transplant patients is postural tremor.
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