BURDEN AND PREDICTORS OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA IN HOSPITALIZED ORTHOTOPIC HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS: INSIGHTS FROM THE NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE

Cardiac arrhythmia (CA) is a common complication in orthotopic heart transplant (OHT) recipients. We sought to assess the burden and predictors of CA in hospitalized OHT recipients. We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 2002-2014 to identify OHT recipients by using ICD-9 codes. We excluded