Heart, Arrhythmia
Contents
Acceptability at Recruitment
QUALIFIED
Acceptability at CT / Work-Up
QUALIFIED
Individual at Risk
Donor
Explanation of Condition
Abnormal heart rhythm or electrical activity. Usually picked up using an electrocardiogram (ECG).
Guidance
Possible procedural risk, particularly with general anaesthetic and insertion of central venous catheters. Discuss with MO.
Acceptable
Benign atrial or ventricular ectopics (extrasystoles)
Sinus tachycardia/bradycardia acceptable, but inform anaesthetist at work-up if for bone marrow harvest.
Beta-blockers prescribed for benign ectopics or sinus tachycardia are acceptable.
Supraventricular tachycardias (SVT), including atrial fibrillation/flutter, acceptable if successfully treated with catheter ablation and off rate/rhythm-control medications (such as beta-blockers) for at least six months.
Right bundle branch block in the absence of any other abnormality
Unacceptable
Uncorrected atrial fibrillation/flutter
Any history of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation
Wolff-Parkinson-White/Lown-Ganong-Levine syndromes unacceptable unless treated with catheter ablation, and no ECG evidence of accessory pathways.
Any degree of heart block
All pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD)
Left bundle branch block
Long-QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome or any other known cause of sudden cardiac death
Pseudonyms or Related Conditions
SVT
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Tachycardia
Bradycardia
Heart block
Rhythm abnormality
Cardiogenic syncope
Long-QT syndrome
Brugada Syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome
Re-entrant Tachycardia
Ventricular Tachycardia
Version
Version 1, Edition 1
Date of Last Update
15th June 2012