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Blesius V, Schölzel C, Ernst G, Dominik A. HRT assessment reviewed: a systematic review of heart rate turbulence methodology. Physiol Meas 2020; 41:08TR01. [PMID: 32485688 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab98b3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Heart rate turbulence (HRT) is a biphasic reaction to a ventricular premature contraction (VPC) mainly mediated by the baroreflex. It can be used for risk stratification in different disease patterns. Despite existing standards there is a lot of variation in terms of measuring and calculating HRT, which complicates research and application. OBJECTIVE This systematic review outlines and evaluates the methodological spectrum of HRT research, especially filtering criteria, parameter calculation and thresholds. APPROACH The analysis includes all research papers written in English that have been published before 12.10.2018, are listed on PubMed and involve calculation of HRT parameter values. MAIN RESULTS HRT assessment is still being performed in various ways and important specifications of the methodology are not given in many articles. Nevertheless, some suggestions regarding HRT methodology can be made: a normalised turbulence slope should be used to uncouple the parameter from heart rate and frequency of extrasystoles. Filtering criteria as formerly reviewed in the guidelines should be met and mentioned. The minimal number of VPC snippets (VPCSs) as well as new cut-off values for different risks need to be further evaluated. Most importantly, the exact and complete methodology must be described to ensure reproducibility and comparability. SIGNIFICANCE Methodical variation hinders comparability of research and medical application. Our continuing questions help to further standardise the measurement and calculation of HRT and increase its value for medical risk stratification.
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Zandstra T, Kiès P, Man SC, Maan A, Bootsma M, Vliegen H, Egorova A, Holman E, Schalij M, Jongbloed M. QT interval variability and heart rate turbulence are associated with clinical characteristics in congenital heart disease patients with a systemic right ventricle. J Cardiol 2020; 76:514-520. [PMID: 32665161 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2020.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND QT interval variability (QTV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) are measures of cardiac autonomic function, which, when abnormal, are correlated with ventricular arrhythmias and worse clinical outcome. This study aims to evaluate QTV and HRT in patients with a systemic right ventricle (RV) and to assess correlations with clinical characteristics. METHODS In a retrospective cohort study, QTV and HRT were derived from 24-h Holter registrations of patients with a systemic RV and healthy controls. QTV and HRT were compared between groups. In patients, the association between QTV, HRT, and clinical characteristics was assessed. RESULTS Holter recordings from 40 patients (mean age 40 years, 16 females) and 37 healthy controls (mean age 42 years, 21 females) were analyzed. Groups were comparable in terms of age and sex. QTV was increased in patients compared with controls (p < 0.001), HRT did not differ significantly between the groups. Increased QTV and decreased HRT correlated with medication use, especially of diuretics, and with clinical events, particularly supraventricular arrhythmias. Increased QTV correlated with reduced systemic RV function. Decreased HRT was independently associated with a larger number of past clinical events (estimate -0.33, 95% CI -0.63 to -0.02, p = 0.037). QTV was higher in women in both patients and controls (p = 0.041 and p = 0.034, respectively). CONCLUSIONS QTV and HRT are associated with clinical factors and events in patients with a systemic RV. Further studies are mandatory to confirm their prognostic value.
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- Tjitske Zandstra
- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Lombardi F, Tundo F, Abukwaik A, Tarricone D. Heart Rate Turbulence and Variability in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias. Heart Int 2018. [DOI: 10.1177/1826186807003001-207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- Federico Lombardi
- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontology, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan - Italy
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontology, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan - Italy
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontology, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan - Italy
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- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontology, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan - Italy
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Bruchas RR, de Las Fuentes L, Carney RM, Reagan JL, Bernal-Mizrachi C, Riek AE, Gu CC, Bierhals A, Schootman M, Malmstrom TK, Burroughs TE, Stein PK, Miller DK, Dávila-Román VG. The St. Louis African American health-heart study: methodology for the study of cardiovascular disease and depression in young-old African Americans. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2013; 13:66. [PMID: 24011389 PMCID: PMC3847628 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-66] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Depression has complex bidirectional adverse associations with CAD, although the mechanisms mediating these relationships remain unclear. Compared to European Americans, African Americans (AAs) have higher rates of morbidity and mortality from CAD. Although depression is common in AAs, its role in the development and features of CAD in this group has not been well examined. This project hypothesizes that the relationships between depression and CAD can be explained by common physiological pathways and gene-environment interactions. Thus, the primary aims of this ongoing project are to: a) determine the prevalence of CAD and depression phenotypes in a population-based sample of community-dwelling older AAs; b) examine the relationships between CAD and depression phenotypes in this population; and c) evaluate genetic variants from serotoninP and inflammatory pathways to discover potential gene-depression interactions that contribute significantly to the presence of CAD in AAs. Methods/design The St. Louis African American Health (AAH) cohort is a population-based panel study of community-dwelling AAs born in 1936–1950 (inclusive) who have been followed from 2000/2001 through 2010. The AAH-Heart study group is a subset of AAH participants recruited in 2009–11 to examine the inter-relationships between depression and CAD in this population. State-of-the-art CAD phenotyping is based on cardiovascular characterizations (coronary artery calcium, carotid intima-media thickness, cardiac structure and function, and autonomic function). Depression phenotyping is based on standardized questionnaires and detailed interviews. Single nucleotide polymorphisms of selected genes in inflammatory and serotonin-signaling pathways are being examined to provide information for investigating potential gene-depression interactions as modifiers of CAD traits. Information from the parent AAH study is being used to provide population-based prevalence estimates. Inflammatory and other biomarkers provide information about potential pathways. Discussion This population-based investigation will provide valuable information on the prevalence of both depression and CAD phenotypes in this population. The study will examine interactions between depression and genetic variants as modulators of CAD, with the intent of detecting mechanistic pathways linking these diseases to identify potential therapeutic targets. Analytic results will be reported as they become available.
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- Robin R Bruchas
- Cardiovascular Imaging and Clinical Research Core Laboratory, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8086, St, Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Heart rate turbulence (HRT) is a baroreflex-mediated biphasic reaction of heart rate in response to premature ventricular beats. Heart rate turbulence is quantified by: turbulence onset (TO) reflecting the initial acceleration of heart rate following premature beat and turbulence slope (TS) describing subsequent deceleration of heart rate. Abnormal HRT identifies patients with autonomic dysfunction or impaired baroreflex sensitivity due to variety of disorders, but also may reflect changes in autonomic nervous system induced by different therapeutic modalities such as drugs, revascularization, or cardiac resynchronization therapy. More importantly, impaired HRT has been shown to identify patients at high risk of all-cause mortality and sudden death, particularly in postinfarction and congestive heart failure patients. It should be emphasized that abnormal HRT has a well-established role in stratification of postinfarction and heart failure patients with relatively preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. The ongoing clinical trials will document whether HRT can be used to guide implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators in this subset of patients, not covered yet by ICD guidelines. This review focuses on the current state-of-the-art knowledge regarding clinical significance of HRT in detection of autonomic dysfunction and regarding the prognostic significance of this parameter in predicting all-cause mortality and sudden death.
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- Iwona Cygankiewicz
- Department of Electrocardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Sterling Regional Center for Heart Diseases, 91-425 Lodz, Poland.
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Kiyono K, Hayano J, Kwak S, Watanabe E, Yamamoto Y. Non-gaussianity of low frequency heart rate variability and sympathetic activation: lack of increases in multiple system atrophy and Parkinson disease. Front Physiol 2012; 3:34. [PMID: 22371705 PMCID: PMC3284201 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The correlates of indices of long-term ambulatory heart rate variability (HRV) of the autonomic nervous system have not been completely understood. In this study, we evaluated conventional HRV indices, obtained from the daytime (12:00–18:00) Holter recording, and a recently proposed non-Gaussianity index (λ; Kiyono et al., 2008) in 12 patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and 10 patients with Parkinson disease (PD), known to have varying degrees of cardiac vagal and sympathetic dysfunction. Compared with the age-matched healthy control group, the MSA patients showed significantly decreased HRV, most probably reflecting impaired vagal heart rate control, but the PD patients did not show such reduced variability. In both MSA and PD patients, the low-to-high frequency (LF/HF) ratio and the short-term fractal exponent α1, suggested to reflect the sympathovagal balance, were significantly decreased, as observed in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients with sympathetic overdrive. In contrast, the analysis of the non-Gaussianity index λ showed that a marked increase in intermittent and non-Gaussian HRV observed in the CHF patients was not observed in the MSA and PD patients with sympathetic dysfunction. These findings provide additional evidence for the relation between the non-Gaussian intermittency of HRV and increased sympathetic activity.
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- Ken Kiyono
- College of Engineering, Nihon University Koriyama, Japan
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Sánchez-Lázaro IJ, Cano-Pérez Ó, Ruiz-Llorca C, Almenar-Bonet L, Sancho-Tello MJ, Martínez-Dolz L, Navarro-Mateo A, Sanz AS. Autonomic nervous system dysfunction in advanced systolic heart failure. Int J Cardiol 2011; 152:83-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2010] [Revised: 05/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hayano J, Kiyono K, Struzik ZR, Yamamoto Y, Watanabe E, Stein PK, Watkins LL, Blumenthal JA, Carney RM. Increased non-gaussianity of heart rate variability predicts cardiac mortality after an acute myocardial infarction. Front Physiol 2011; 2:65. [PMID: 21994495 PMCID: PMC3183481 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 09/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Non-Gaussianity index (λ) is a new index of heart rate variability (HRV) that characterizes increased probability of the large heart rate deviations from its trend. A previous study has reported that increased λ is an independent mortality predictor among patients with chronic heart failure. The present study examined predictive value of λ in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Among 670 post-AMI patients, we performed 24-h Holter monitoring to assess λ and other HRV predictors, including SD of normal-to-normal interval, very-low frequency power, scaling exponent α(1) of detrended fluctuation analysis, deceleration capacity, and heart rate turbulence (HRT). At baseline, λ was not correlated substantially with other HRV indices (|r| < 0.4 with either indices) and was decreased in patients taking β-blockers (P = 0.04). During a median follow-up period of 25 months, 45 (6.7%) patients died (32 cardiac and 13 non-cardiac) and 39 recurrent non-fatal AMI occurred among survivors. While all of these HRV indices but λ were significant predictors of both cardiac and non-cardiac deaths, increased λ predicted exclusively cardiac death (RR [95% CI], 1.6 [1.3-2.0] per 1 SD increment, P < 0.0001). The predictive power of increased λ was significant even after adjustments for clinical risk factors, such as age, diabetes, left ventricular function, renal function, prior AMI, heart failure, and stroke, Killip class, and treatment ([95% CI], 1.4 [1.1-2.0] per 1 SD increment, P = 0.01). The prognostic power of increased λfor cardiac death was also independent of all other HRV indices and the combination of increased λ and abnormal HRT provided the best predictive model for cardiac death. Neither λ nor other HRV indices was an independent predictor of AMI recurrence. Among post-AMI patients, increased λ is associated exclusively with increased cardiac mortality risk and its predictive power is independent of clinical risk factors and of other HRV predictors.
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- Junichiro Hayano
- Department of Medical Education, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Nagoya, Japan
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Chen HY. Circadian Patterns of Heart Rate Turbulence, Heart Rate Variability and Their Relationship. Cardiol Res 2011; 2:112-118. [PMID: 28352377 PMCID: PMC5358314 DOI: 10.4021/cr41w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Heart rate variability (HRV) is an established tool for studying cardiac autonomic activity over time, while heart rate turbulence (HRT) is a recent method used to assess autonomic dysfunction. However, there are different autonomic tones at different times of a day. This study aimed to examine the effect of circadian change of autonomic tone on heart rate turbulence and variability, and determine any relationship between them based on circadian variations. Methods Twenty-four-hour Holter recordings from 35 subjects with structurally normal heart were done, and HRV and HRT parameters of turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS) were calculated. The 24-hour circadian patterns of these parameters and correlation analysis between them were performed. Results There were conspicuous diurnal oscillations in TS and HRV parameters, with less prominent variation in TO. TS and high frequency power (HF) shared the similar oscillation patterns in a day. Comparing HRT and HRV based on circadian variation, TS showed positive correlations with HF and low frequency power (LF) to a reasonable degree, while there was an inverse correlation between TS and LF/HF. Conclusions Circadian change of TS values throughout the day is more prominent than TO. It also presents as an autonomic activity more than TO. The relationships between HRV and HRT persist independently on the time of a day.
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- Hung Yi Chen
- Department of Cardiology, Taipei City Hospital-Heping Branch, No. 33, Sec. 2, Zhonghua Rd., Taipei City 100, Taiwan. ;
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Lewis MJ, Annandale J, D'Silva LA, Davies RE, Reed Z, Lewis KE. Influence of long-term oxygen therapy on cardiac acceleration and deceleration capacity in hypoxic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2011; 31:258-65. [PMID: 21672132 DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097x.2011.01010.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in cardiovascular co-morbidities of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Heart rate turbulence (HRT) and phase-rectified signal averaging (PRSA) techniques quantify the heart's acceleration/deceleration capacities. We postulated that these methods can help assess the integrity of cardiac control in hypoxic COPD. METHODS Eight hypoxic stable COPD patients, nine healthy age-matched older adults and eight healthy young adults underwent ECG monitoring for 24 h. Patients with COPD were also monitored following 4 weeks of standardized oxygen therapy. HRT measures [turbulence onset (TO), turbulence slope (TS)] and PRSA-derived acceleration/deceleration (AC, DC) indices were quantified within 6-h blocks to assess circadian variation. RESULTS There were between-group differences for variables TS, DC and AC (P<0·0005, η(2) = 0·54-0·65), attributable solely to differences between healthy young and COPD subjects. Only HR (P<0·0005) and DC index (P = 0·008) showed circadian variation. A significant interaction 'trend' effect for HR (F(9,87) = 2·52, P = 0·015, η(2) = 0·21) reflected the strong influence of COPD on HR circadian variation (afternoon and night values being different to those in healthy subjects). CONCLUSIONS As expected, heart rate dynamics were substantially diminished in older (healthy and COPD) groups compared with healthy young controls. Patients with COPD showed similar heart rate dynamics compared with age-matched controls, both before and after hypoxia correction. However, there was a suggestion of diminished DC in COPD compared with age-matched controls (P = 0·059) that was absent following oxygen therapy. TS, DC and AC indices were altered by similar degrees in older subjects, apparently indicating equivalent tonic dysfunction of sympathetic/parasympathetic systems with ageing.
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- M J Lewis
- College of Engineering, Swansea University, Wales, UK.
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Cazzola M, Calzetta L, Matera MG. The cardiovascular risk of tiotropium: is it real? Expert Opin Drug Saf 2010; 9:783-92. [DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2010.500611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Detection performance and risk stratification using a model-based shape index characterizing heart rate turbulence. Ann Biomed Eng 2010; 38:3173-84. [PMID: 20517647 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0081-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 05/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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A detection-theoretic approach to quantify heart rate turbulence (HRT) following a ventricular premature beat is proposed and validated using an extended integral pulse frequency modulation (IPFM) model which accounts for HRT. The modulating signal of the extended IPFM model is projected into a three-dimensional subspace spanned by the Karhunen-Loève basis functions, characterizing HRT shape. The presence or absence of HRT is decided by means of a likelihood ratio test, the Neyman-Pearson detector, resulting in a quadratic detection statistic. Using a labeled dataset built from different interbeat interval series, detection performance is assessed and found to outperform the two widely used indices: turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS). The ability of the proposed method to predict the risk of cardiac death is evaluated in a population of patients (n = 90) with ischemic cardiomyopathy and mild-to-moderate congestive heart failure. While both TS and the novel HRT index differ significantly in survivors and cardiac death patients, mortality analysis shows that the latter index exhibits much stronger association with risk of cardiac death (hazard ratio = 2.8, CI = 1.32-5.97, p = 0.008). It is also shown that the model-based shape indices, but not TO and TS, remain predictive of cardiac death in our population when computed from 4-h instead of 24-h ambulatory ECGs.
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Bauer A, Zürn CS, Schmidt G. Heart Rate Turbulence to Guide Treatment for Prevention of Sudden Death. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2010; 55:531-8. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3181d4c973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Gong C, Huang SL, Huang JF, Zhang ZF, Luo M, Zhao Y, Jiang XJ. Effects of combined therapy of Xuezhikang Capsule and Valsartan on hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy and heart rate turbulence. Chin J Integr Med 2010; 16:114-8. [PMID: 20473735 DOI: 10.1007/s11655-010-0114-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of combined therapy with Xuezhikang Capsule (XZK) and Valsartan on left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) in hypertensive patients. METHODS Ninety primary hypertensive patients with LVH were randomly assigned to three groups. Basic treatment, including aspirin, beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, etc. were administered to all patients. Additionally, Valsartan (VS, 80 mg once a day) was given to the 30 patients in the VS group. Valsartan (in the same dosage) and XZK (600 mg, twice a day) were given to the 32 patients in the Chinese medicine (CM) group, while none was given to the 28 patients in the control group. The therapeutic course lasted for 24 months. Changes in left ventricular mass index (LVMI) measured by cardiac ultrasonic indices, HRT parameters, including the original heart rate (TO) and slope coeffificient (TS), systolic and diastolic blood pressures (SBP and DBP), as well as blood cholesterol level (TC) were measured before and after treatment. RESULTS After treatment, TO and LVMI were lowered, while TS increased in both the VS group and the CM group (P<0.01), but changed insignificantly in the control group. Significant differences between the CM group and the control group were shown in terms of TO, LVMI, SBP, DBP and TS (P<0.01); and between the CM group and the VS group in terms of TO, LVMI and TS (P<0.01). Moreover, HRT parameters showed an evident correlation with LVMI (r=0.519-0.635, P<0.01). CONCLUSION Combined therapy with XZK and Valsartan can improve hypertensive LVH and HRT parameters, and lessen the damage on the autonomous nervous system.
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- Chun Gong
- The Cardiovascular Department, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang (330006), China
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Chen HY. Circadian variation of heart rate turbulence and the number of ventricular premature beats in patients with mitral valve prolapse. Int J Cardiol 2010; 141:99-101. [PMID: 19126444 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.11.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2008] [Revised: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Bauer A, Malik M, Schmidt G, Barthel P, Bonnemeier H, Cygankiewicz I, Guzik P, Lombardi F, Müller A, Oto A, Schneider R, Watanabe M, Wichterle D, Zareba W. Heart rate turbulence: standards of measurement, physiological interpretation, and clinical use: International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrophysiology Consensus. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 52:1353-65. [PMID: 18940523 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2008] [Revised: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 07/10/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This consensus statement has been compiled on behalf of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrophysiology. It reviews the topic of heart rate turbulence (HRT) and concentrates on technologies for measurement, physiologic background and interpretation, and clinical use of HRT. It also lists suggestions for future research. The phenomenon of HRT refers to sinus rhythm cycle-length perturbations after isolated premature ventricular complexes. The physiologic pattern of HRT consists of brief heart rate acceleration (quantified by the so-called turbulence onset) followed by more gradual heart rate deceleration (quantified by the so-called turbulence slope) before the rate returns to a pre-ectopic level. Available physiologic investigations confirm that the initial heart rate acceleration is triggered by transient vagal inhibition in response to the missed baroreflex afferent input caused by hemodynamically inefficient ventricular contraction. A sympathetically mediated overshoot of arterial pressure is responsible for the subsequent heart rate deceleration through vagal recruitment. Hence, the HRT pattern is blunted in patients with reduced baroreflex. The HRT pattern is influenced by a number of factors, provocations, treatments, and pathologies reviewed in this consensus. As HRT measurement provides an indirect assessment of baroreflex, it is useful in those clinical situations that benefit from baroreflex evaluation. The HRT evaluation has thus been found appropriate in risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction, risk prediction, and monitoring of disease progression in heart failure, as well as in several other pathologies.
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- Axel Bauer
- Deutsches Herzzentrum, Medizinische Klinik der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Makai A, Korsós A, Makra P, Forster T, Abrahám G, Rudas L. Spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate turbulence parameters: parallel responses to orthostasis. Clin Auton Res 2008; 18:74-9. [PMID: 18357428 DOI: 10.1007/s10286-008-0458-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Premature ventricular contractions (PVC-s) induce baroreflex mediated arterial pressure and heart rate fluctuations. PVC-related RR interval fluctuations detected on Holter ECG recordings could be characterized by the heart rate turbulence (HRT) parameters, including early post-extrasystolic acceleration, described by turbulence onset, and late deceleration, described by turbulence slope (TS). We have determined the increasing and decreasing spontaneous baroreflex sequence sensitivity (up- and down-BRS) parameters in supine and in upright position in 12 patients with VVI pacemaker while in sinus rhythm. Five-five premature ventricular pacemaker extrastmuli were also applied in both body positions and HRT parameters were calculated. Up- and down-BRS values showed a very close relationship with TS both in the supine (R = 0.94, P < 0.001 and R = 0.92, P < 0.001, respectively), and upright position (R = 0.96, P < 0.001, and R = 0.94, P < 0.001, respectively). The BRS indices decreased significantly upon tilting, which was paralleled by a significant decrease in TS (from 21.6 to 13.9 ms/cycle, P = 0.02). Our findings confirm the close association between TS and spontaneous BRS indices. The relationship is further supported by the similar postural behavior of these parameters. Our results suggest that the confounding effect of posture should be considered when analyzing Holter recordings.
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- Attila Makai
- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
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Balcioğlu S, Arslan U, Türkoğlu S, Ozdemir M, Cengel A. Heart rate variability and heart rate turbulence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with versus without cardiac autonomic neuropathy. Am J Cardiol 2007; 100:890-3. [PMID: 17719340 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.03.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Revised: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 03/28/2007] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is an important complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and confers an increased cardiovascular risk. The aim of this study was to disclose the place of heart rate (HR) variability and HR turbulence for the detection of CAN in patients with type 2 DM and no obvious heart disease. Ninety patients who were <75 years old and had type 2 DM for >/=2 years were studied. CAN was diagnosed with a battery of cardiovascular reflex tests and the degree of neuropathic involvement was graded by the Ewing score. Time-domain HR variability and HR turbulence parameters were assessed on 24-hour digital Holter recordings. Thirty-five patients were found to have CAN. The clinical characteristics of patients with and without CAN were similar, except that the mean duration of DM and the number of patients using insulin were significantly increased in the group with CAN. All time-domain HR variability parameters were significantly lower in the group with CAN. Of the 2 HR turbulence parameters studied, turbulence onset was similar but turbulence slope was significantly lower in the group with CAN. The Ewing score significantly correlated negatively with all HR variability parameters and turbulence slope, and among all, turbulence slope was the most strongly correlated (r = -0.617, p <0.01). Receiver-operating characteristics analysis revealed a sensitivity of 97% and a specificity of 71% at a turbulence slope cut-off value of 3.32 for the detection of CAN. In conclusion, time-domain HR variability and HR turbulence parameters, except turbulence, onset were found to be significantly depressed in patients with type 2 DM and CAN. Decreases in all these parameters were found to correlate significantly with degree of neuropathic involvement. The most strongly correlated parameter, turbulence slope, was found to be highly sensitive and specific for the detection of CAN at a cut-off value of 3.32.
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- Serhat Balcioğlu
- Department of Cardiology, Gazi University School of Medicine, Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey.
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Zhong JH, Chen XP, Zeng CF, Yun ML, Yang XW, Chen YF, Yao Z. EFFECT OF BENAZEPRIL ON HEART RATE TURBULENCE IN PATIENTS WITH DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34:612-6. [PMID: 17581217 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04631.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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1. Heart rate (HR) turbulence describes short-term sinus rhythmic fluctuation after a single premature ventricular beat. Turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS) are two essential parameters in HR turbulence. Turbulence onset and TS have been used to evaluate cardiac autonomic nerve function. 2. In the present study, we measured the HR turbulence in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and determined the possible role of benazepril, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI), on these parameters. There were three groups: control, DCM and DCM treated with benazepril. The control group consisted of normal subjects with PVB, but no structural heart disease. Ambulatory electrocardiogram, blood pressure and echocardiography were analysed. 3. There was an increase in TO and a decrease in TS in DCM patients. Benazepril treatment (10 mg/day, p.o.) reduced those changes. There were no significant differences in blood pressure and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) between DCM patients and DCM patients treated with benazepril. 4. Linear regression analysis showed that TO was negatively correlated with LVEF, whereas TS was positively correlated with LVEF, in the DCM group. After benazepril treatment, the correlations between TO and TS and LVEF disappeared. 5. It is concluded that the TO and TS of HR turbulence are altered in patients with DCM. These alterations indicate a dysfunction of the autonomic control of cardiac electrophysiology in DCM patients. Although TO and TS are correlated with LVEF in DCM patients, the effect of benazepril in improving HR turbulence parameters is not a result of its action on heart function, which suggests a new beneficial effect of ACEI in the treatment of DCM patients.
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- Jiang-Hua Zhong
- Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College, Haikou, Hainan, China
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Kurpesa M, Trzos E, Rechciński T, Krzemińska-Pakuła M. The relationship between heart rate variability and heart rate turbulence dynamics after primary coronary angioplasty. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2007; 12:50-8. [PMID: 17286651 PMCID: PMC6931964 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2007.00138.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The application of heart rate turbulence (HRT) analysis for risk assessment after pharmacologically treated myocardial infarction (MI) was described in 1999. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the dynamics of HRT changes in long-term observation after MI treated with primary coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Moreover, the usefulness was assessed of early postinfarction heart rate variability (HRV) analysis for predicting HRT dynamics. METHODS The study group consisted of 96 patients with MI treated with primary PTCA. Holter monitoring with HRV and HRT analysis was performed 3 days after the procedure and 1 year later. RESULTS Twelve months after primary PTCA, an improvement (Type I HRT dynamics) was noted in 51 patients, and the worsening of both the HRT parameters (Type II HRT dynamics) in 34 patients. Fourteen patients showed the worsening of only one HRT parameter (Type III HRT dynamics). The following HRV parameters recorded in early postinfarction Holter monitoring had a significant influence on the risk of Type II HRT dynamics: SDNN, RMSSD, Triangle Index and Delta LF/HF (mean day-time LF/HF - mean night-time LF/HF). Only the latter was found in the multivariate analysis as significantly connected with worsened HRT. During the follow-up, SDNN and Triangular Index improved in all the patients. CONCLUSIONS HRT after myocardial infarction treated with primary PTCA presents a significant dynamics, which is different than dynamics of HRV. An abnormal circadian pattern of autonomic activity is a finding that helps identify patients who need to have HRT analysis repeated during a long-term follow-up, due to the tendency for HRT to change with time toward the prognostically unfavorable values.
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- Małgorzata Kurpesa
- II Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lodz, Bieganski Hospital, Poland.
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Watanabe MA, Alford M, Schneider R, Bauer A, Barthel P, Stein PK, Schmidt G. Demonstration of circadian rhythm in heart rate turbulence using novel application of correlator functions. Heart Rhythm 2007; 4:292-300. [PMID: 17341391 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2006.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 11/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Demonstration of a circadian rhythm in two parameters of heart rate turbulence--turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS)--has been difficult. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to devise a new method for detecting circadian rhythm in noisy data and to apply it to selected Holter recordings from two postmyocardial infarction databases: Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST, n = 684) and Innovative Stratification of Arrhythmic Risk (ISAR, n = 327). METHODS For each patient, TS and TO were calculated for each hour with >4 ventricular premature contractions (VPCs). An autocorrelation function Corr(Deltat) = <TS(t) TS(t + Deltat)> then was calculated and averaged over all patients. Positive Corr(Deltat) indicates that TS at a given hour and Deltat hours later are similar. TO was treated likewise. Simulations and mathematical analysis showed that a circadian rhythm required Corr(Deltat) to have a U-shape consisting of positive values near Deltat = 0 and 23 and negative values for intermediate Deltat. Significant deviation of Corr(Deltat) from the correlator function of pure noise was evaluated as a Chi-square value. RESULTS Circadian patterns were not apparent in hourly averages of TS and TO plotted against clock time, which had large error bars. However, their correlator functions produced Chi-square values of approximately 10 in CAST (both P <.0001) and approximately 3 in ISAR (both P <.0001), indicating the presence of circadian rhythmicity. CONCLUSION Correlator functions may be a powerful tool for detecting the presence of circadian rhythms in noisy data, even with recordings limited to 24 hours.
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- Mari A Watanabe
- Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
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Lombardi F, Tundo F, Abukwaik A, Tarricone D. Heart rate turbulence and variability in patients with ventricular arrhythmias. Heart Int 2007; 3:51. [PMID: 21977275 PMCID: PMC3184680 DOI: 10.4081/hi.2007.51] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background: To evaluate the changes in autonomic neural control mechanisms before malignant ventricular arrhythmias, we measured heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate turbulence (HRT) in patients with ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation (Group I; n=6), non sustained ventricular tachycardia (Group II; n=32), frequent premature ventricular beats (Group III; n=26) and with ICD implantation (Group IV; n=11). Methods: Time domain parameters of HRV and turbulence onset (TO) and slope (TS) were calculated on 24 hour Holter recordings. Normal values were: SDNN > 70 msec for HRV, TO <0% and TS >2.5 msec/RR-I for HRT. Results: Whereas SDNN was within normal range and similar in all study groups, HRT parameters were significantly different in patients who experienced VT/VF during Holter recording. Abnormal TO and/or TS were present in 100% of Group I patients and only in about 50% of Group II and IV. On the contrary, normal HRT parameters were present in 40–70% of Group II, III and IV patients and none of Group I. Conclusions: These data suggest that HRT analysis is more suitable than HRV to detect those transient alterations in autonomic control mechanisms that are likely to play a major trigger role in the genesis of malignant cardiac arrhythmias.
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- Federico Lombardi
- Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontology, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan - Italy
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Carney RM, Howells WB, Blumenthal JA, Freedland KE, Stein PK, Berkman LF, Watkins LL, Czajkowski SM, Steinmeyer B, Hayano J, Domitrovich PP, Burg MM, Jaffe AS. Heart rate turbulence, depression, and survival after acute myocardial infarction. Psychosom Med 2007; 69:4-9. [PMID: 17167127 DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000249733.33811.00] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Depression is a risk factor for mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), possibly as a result of altered autonomic nervous system (ANS) modulation of heart rate (HR) and rhythm. The purposes of this study were to determine: a) whether depressed patients are more likely to have an abnormal HR response (i.e., abnormal turbulence) to premature ventricular contractions (VPCs), and b) whether abnormal HR turbulence accounts for the effect of depression on increased mortality after AMI. METHODS Ambulatory electrocardiographic data were obtained from 666 (316 depressed, 350 nondepressed) patients with a recent AMI; 498 had VPCs with measurable HR turbulence. Of these, 260 had normal, 152 had equivocal, and 86 had abnormal HR turbulence. Patients were followed for up to 30 (median = 24) months. RESULTS Depressed patients were more likely to have abnormal HR turbulence (risk factor adjusted odds ratio = 1.8; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.0-3.0; p = .03) and have worse survival (odds ratio = 2.4; 95% CI = 1.2-4.6; p = .02) than nondepressed patients. When HR turbulence was added to the model, the adjusted hazard ratio for depression decreased to 1.9 (95% CI = 0.9-3.8; p = .08), and to 1.6 (95% CI = 0.8-3.4; p = .18) when a measure of HR variability (LnVLF) was added. The hazard was found to differ over time with depression posing little risk for mortality in year 1 but greater risk in years 2 and 3 of the follow up. CONCLUSION ANS dysregulation may partially mediate the increased risk for mortality in depressed patients with frequent VPCs after an AMI.
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- Robert M Carney
- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Casella M, Dello Russo A, Pace M, Pelargonio G, Ierardi C, Sanna T, Messano L, Bencardino G, Valsecchi S, Mangiola F, Lanza GA, Zecchi P, Crea F, Bellocci F. Heart Rate Turbulence as a Noninvasive Risk Predictor of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006; 17:871-6. [PMID: 16903966 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00517.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (MD1) is the most common muscular dystrophy of adult life. Cardiac involvement is characterized by disorders of atrioventricular conduction, ventricular arrhythmias, and sudden death. Heart rate turbulence (HRT) is a noninvasive risk predictor in patients affected by ischemic heart disease. The aim of our study is to assess the prognostic value of HRT in MD1 patients. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed HRT analysis by 24-hour Holter recording to calculate turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS) in 29 MD1 patients (mean age 52 +/- 10 years), and in 30 patients (mean age 52 +/- 13 years) with frequent ventricular arrhythmias and structurally normal heart (VANH). An electrophysiological study (EPS) tested ventricular arrhythmias inducibility in 22 MD1 patients. TO was significantly different between MD1 and VANH patients (-1.66 +/- 2.04 and -2.98 +/- 1.79%, respectively, P 0.01), while no difference was observed in TS between MD1 and VANH patients (11.12 +/- 6.46 and 9.12 +/- 6 msec/beat, respectively). On EPS, sustained ventricular arrhythmias (SVA) were induced in six MD1 patients. TO was significantly different in inducible MD1 patients (0.88 +/- 1.95%), as compared with both noninducible (-2.49 +/- 1.43%, P < 0.001) or no eligible to EPS (-1.93 +/- 1.63%, P < 0.005) MD1 patients and to VANH patients (-2.98 +/- 1.79%, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS An impairment of TO, a measure of HRT, suggesting impaired cardiac parasympathetic activity, may be a useful, noninvasive predictor of arrhythmic risk in MD1 patients.
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- Michela Casella
- Institute of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
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Watanabe MA. Heart Rate Turbulence Slope Reduction in Imminent Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia and its Implications. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006; 17:735-40. [PMID: 16836669 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2006.00456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to see whether heart rate turbulence (HRT) parameters change preceding imminent ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VT/VF). METHODS AND RESULTS The Spontaneous Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia Database (Medtronic Version 1.0) consisting of 83 paired (control and pre-VT/VF) sets of 1,000 RR intervals recorded by the Medtronic Jewel Plus ICD was used. Sixty-one control records and 69 pre-VT/VF records had two or more ectopic beats, allowing calculation of six HRT indices: means and standard deviations (SD) of turbulence slope (TS), turbulence onset (TO), and turbulence timing (TT). The only index found to be different between control and pre-VT/VF records was SD of TS (4.2 +/- 3.0 control vs 3.1 +/- 1.9 pre-VT/VF, P < 0.05). Thirty-one datasets classified as having normal HRT in control demonstrated a decrease of both TS mean (P < 0.01) and SD (P < 0.01), and loss of correlation between TS mean and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) preceding VT/VF (P < 0.0001 control, P = 0.8 pre-VT/VF). CONCLUSION Both mean and SD of TS are reduced before VT/VF, but only in patients who have normal baseline HRT, and are capable of manifesting reduction. This may be why previous studies could not agree on pre-arrhythmia characteristics.
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- Mari A Watanabe
- Internal Medicine Department, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany.
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Vukajlovic DD, Guettler N, Miric M, Pitschner HF. Effects of atropine and pirenzepine on heart rate turbulence. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2006; 11:34-7. [PMID: 16472280 PMCID: PMC6932269 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2006.00079.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been shown that mortality risk in patients after myocardial infarction could be estimated by heart rate turbulence (HRT), a short-term change in heart rate after ventricular premature beat (VPB), presumably caused by baroreceptor mechanism. We sought to determine whether pharmacological blockade with atropine, or augmentation of vagal tone with pirenzepine given in small doses would influence HRT. METHODS In 30 patients with normal echocardiogram, and without signs or symptoms of coronary artery disease, after electrophysiologic examination or radiofrequency ablation for supraventricular arrhythmias was completed, turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS) in basal state, after 1.3 mg IV pirenzepine and finally, after atropine in dose of 0.04 mg/kg of body weight were compared. RESULTS As assessed by Friedman ANOVA test both pirenzepine and atropine caused a significant change in both TO (P < 0.01) and TS (P < 0.01). The mean basal TO of -3.6 +/- 2.9%, changed after pirenzepine to -5.99 +/- 5.6% (P < 0.01), and after atropine it changed to -3.3 +/- 18.1% (P < 0.01). The mean basal TS of 18.6 +/- 10.1 ms/R-R interval increased after pirenzepine to 26.8 +/- 19.9 ms/R-R interval (P < 0.05), and decreased after atropine to 1.2 +/- 0.8 ms/R-R interval (P < 0.01). Mean cycle length increased after pirenzepine from 706.8 +/- 106.8 to 830 +/- 151.9 ms (P < 0.01), and decreased after atropine to 454.2 +/- 58.1 ms (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION A conclusion could be drawn that vagomymetic manipulation with intravenous pirenzepine increases HRT; vagal blockade with atropine decreases HRT. This finding suggests that a normal vagal innervation of heart is a prerequisite for the phenomenon of HRT.
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- Dejan D Vukajlovic
- Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
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Wichterle D, Melenovsky V, Simek J, Malik J, Malik M. Hemodynamics and Autonomic Control of Heart Rate Turbulence. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006; 17:286-91. [PMID: 16643402 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00330.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Late heart rate deceleration parallels the increase of systolic blood pressure during heart rate turbulence (HRT) after ventricular premature complexes (VPC). This is consistent with the involvement of baroreflex mechanism. Physiological background of systolic blood pressure dynamics is not known. Enhanced sympathetic activation and nonautonomic post-VPC changes of stroke volume have been speculated on. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 28 subjects (aged 56 +/- 11 years; 20 males; 18 normal and 10 abnormal left ventricular (LV) function) with spontaneous occurrence of VPCs. HRT indices and baroreflex sensitivity were analyzed from the ECGs and finger arterial pressure recordings during 30 minutes of spontaneous respiration in supine position. Beat-by-beat stroke volume and peripheral vascular resistance were computed by a nonlinear, self-adaptive model of aortic input impedance (Modelflow, Finapres Medical Systems, Arnhem, The Netherlands). Indices of HRT and baroreflex sensitivity were highly correlated. In patients with preserved LV function, there was no substantial dynamics of stroke volume in the late phase after VPC, while peripheral vascular resistance increased significantly. In patients with impaired LV function, potentiated first sinus beat after VPC triggered transient hemodynamic alternans. Dynamics of peripheral vascular resistance was attenuated and stroke volume was depressed in the late phase after VPC. CONCLUSIONS Delayed sympathetically mediated vasomotor response to VPC produces systolic blood pressure overshoot. This subsequently induces vagally mediated late heart rate deceleration. Under physiologic conditions, there is no evidence of other hemodynamic and/or mechanical effect outside the autonomic reflex arch. In patients with LV dysfunction, both depressed vagal and sympathetic modulation and, indirectly, enhanced postextrasystolic potentiation account for attenuated HRT.
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- Dan Wichterle
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, General University Hospital, First Medical School, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Bauer A, Malik M, Barthel P, Schneider R, Watanabe MA, Camm AJ, Schömig A, Schmidt G. Turbulence dynamics: An independent predictor of late mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2006; 107:42-7. [PMID: 16337496 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Revised: 01/04/2005] [Accepted: 02/15/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The prognostic value of heart rate turbulence for predicting mortality after acute myocardial infarction is well established. This study investigates a new measure of heart rate turbulence, termed turbulence dynamics, which quantifies the relationship between turbulence slope and underlying heart rate (HR(VPC)). METHODS Six hundred eight patients participating in the European Myocardial Infarction Amiodarone Trial had > or =25 ventricular premature complexes/24 h. During a follow-up period of 21 months (median), 120 patients died. Turbulence dynamics was assessed as the slope of the regression line between turbulence slope and HR(VPC). Survival analyses included age, history of previous myocardial infarction, presence of diabetes mellitus, mean normal-to-normal interval, heart rate variability index, presence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia, left ventricular ejection fraction, turbulence onset and turbulence slope. All risk predictors were dichotomized at pre-defined cut-off points, turbulence dynamics was dichotomized at the median. Primary endpoint of the study was death of any cause. RESULTS In most patients, turbulence slope was inversely correlated to HR(VPC). Univariately, turbulence dynamics was the second strongest risk predictor of mortality (relative risk 2.4 (95% confidence interval 1.6-3.6), p<0.001). Multivariately, turbulence dynamics was the third strongest risk predictor (1.7 (1.1-2.7, p<0.01)). CONCLUSION In the patient population studied, turbulence dynamics was an independent predictor of mortality. The results indicate that in addition to the overall level of autonomic function the loss of autonomic adaptability contributes to prognosis.
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- Axel Bauer
- Medizinische Klinik der Technischen Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675 München, Germany
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Iwasa A, Hwa M, Hassankhani A, Liu T, Narayan SM. Abnormal Heart Rate Turbulence Predicts the Initiation of Ventricular Arrhythmias. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2005; 28:1189-97. [PMID: 16359285 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.50186.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Abnormal heart rate turbulence (HRT) reflects autonomic derangements predicting all-cause mortality, yet has not been shown to predict ventricular arrhythmias in at-risk patients. We hypothesized that HRT at programmed ventricular stimulation (PVS) would predict arrhythmia initiation in patients with left ventricular dysfunction. METHODS We studied 27 patients with coronary disease, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) 26.7 +/- 9.1%, and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) 461 +/- 561 pg/mL. Prior to arrhythmia induction at PVS, we measured sinus cycles after spontaneous or paced premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) for turbulence onset (TO; % cycle length change following PVC) and slope (TS; greatest slope of return to baseline cycle). T-wave alternans (TWA) was also measured during atrial pacing. RESULTS At PVS, abnormal TO (> or =0%) predicted inducible ventricular tachycardia (VT; n = 10 patients; P < 0.05). TO was greater in inducible than in noninducible patients (2.3 +/- 3.1% vs -0.02 +/- 2.8%, P < 0.05) and correlated with LVEF (P < 0.05) but not with BNP. TS did not differ between groups. Conversely, ambulatory HRT differed significantly from HRT at PVS (TO -0.55 +/- 1.08% vs 0.85 +/- 3.02%, P < 0.05; TS 2.63 +/- 2.09 ms/RR vs 8.70 +/- 6.56 ms/RR, P < 0.01), and did not predict inducible VT but trended (P = 0.05) to predict sustained VT on 739 +/- 179 days follow-up. TWA predicted inducible (P < 0.05) and spontaneous (P = 0.0001) VT but did not co-migrate with HRT. CONCLUSIONS Abnormal HRT measured at PVS predicted the induction of sustained ventricular arrhythmias in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, HRT at PVS did not correlate with ambulatory HRT, nor with TWA, both of which predicted spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias. Thus, HRT may reflect the influence of autonomic milieu on arrhythmic susceptibility and is likely complementary to traditional arrhythmic indices.
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- Atsushi Iwasa
- University of California, Veterans Administration Medical Centers, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
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Kawasaki T, Azuma A, Taniguchi T, Asada S, Kamitani T, Kawasaki S, Matsubara H, Sugihara H. Short-term fluctuations in sinus cycle length after premature ventricular beats in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2005; 101:315-7. [PMID: 15882685 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.01.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2003] [Accepted: 01/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Sinus cycle length has been reported to fluctuate after a ventricular premature beat (VPB). The purpose of this study was to assess the short-term fluctuations of sinus cycle length in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and prior myocardial infarction (MI). METHODS The relative deviation of RR intervals from the mean of the last two RR intervals preceding a VPB were calculated during the 20 subsequent beats following the VPB from Holter recordings in 92 patients with non-obstructive HCM, 57 patients with prior MI and 54 healthy controls. RESULTS In controls, the deviations of the RR intervals were negative for several beats after a VPB and subsequently changed to positive before returning to the baseline. Similar changes in RR intervals following a VPB were exhibited in HCM patients; however, the late positive deviations of RR intervals were more marked than in controls. By contrast, in patients with prior MI, the early negative deviations of RR intervals were smaller compared with controls, and the deviations returned to the baseline without incidence of the positive changes. CONCLUSIONS Short-term fluctuations in sinus cycle length after a VPB differed exclusively among HCM patients, prior MI patients, and healthy controls.
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Raj SR, Sheldon RS, Koshman M, Roach DE. Role of hypotension in heart rate turbulence physiology. Heart Rhythm 2005; 2:820-7. [PMID: 16051116 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2005] [Accepted: 05/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heart rate turbulence is a recently described cardiac prognostic marker that may be mediated by arterial baroreceptor sensitivity, suggesting it is induced by a brief initial hypotension. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to assess whether heart rate turbulence could be noninvasively induced through a previously implanted defibrillator and whether hypotension modulates turbulence physiology. METHODS Premature ventricular paced beats was delivered during continuous ECG and blood pressure monitoring in patients with implanted defibrillators. Heart rate turbulence parameters from paced beats were compared with those from spontaneous premature ventricular beats. Subsequently, turbulence hemodynamic parameters were compared in 11 subjects with turbulence induced by pacing trains of 1, 3, 5, and 8 beats at a cycle length of 400 ms. RESULTS Heart rate turbulence was very similar whether it followed a spontaneous premature ventricular complex or a paced beat. Induced and spontaneous turbulence slopes correlated well (R(s) = 0.917, P = .001). With increasing pacing train length, the magnitude of hypotension, cumulative hypotension time from the last sinus beat, turbulence tachycardia magnitude, magnitude of hypertension in recovery, and turbulence onset (but not turbulence slope) all increased. The cumulative hypotension time, but not the magnitude of hypotension, was tightly correlated with the magnitude of tachycardia (R2 = 0.999, P = .003) and turbulence onset (R2 = 0.975, P = .01). CONCLUSION Heart rate turbulence can be induced noninvasively through an implanted device. Turbulence parameters are physiologically modulated by the duration of the initial hypotension, suggesting a possible important role for arterial baroreceptors.
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- Satish R Raj
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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April 2004 marks the fifth anniversary of the first heart rate turbulence (HRT) publication, which demonstrated the usefulness of HRT in predicting cardiac death in postmyocardial infarction patients. Since then, HRT has been shown to predict prognosis of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and of patients with heart failure of mixed etiology. HRT also has been shown to be predictive even in the current lower-mortality era of acute revascularization therapy for myocardial infarction. We discuss the latest criteria for obtaining reliable measurements of HRT, review factors that influence HRT values, and consider recent clinical studies.
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- Mari A Watanabe
- Institute of Biomedical Life Sciences, Glasgow University, Glasgow, UK.
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Francis J, Watanabe MA, Schmidt G. Heart rate turbulence: a new predictor for risk of sudden cardiac death. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2005; 10:102-9. [PMID: 15649245 PMCID: PMC6932040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2005.10102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Initial acceleration and a subsequent deceleration of sinus rhythm following a ventricular ectopic beat with a compensatory pause has been termed heart rate turbulence (HRT). The changes in sinus rhythm are thought to be mediated by a baroreflex response to the lower stroke volume of the ectopic beat. HRT is vagally mediated and abolished by atropine, whereas beta-blockers have no effect. HRT has been shown to be an independent and powerful predictor of mortality after myocardial infarction. In patients on beta-blockers, it scores better than left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in its predictive value. Two common measures of HRT are turbulence onset and turbulence slope. When both these measures are abnormal, it is as powerful a predictor of mortality as LVEF. HRT correlates with other indices of cardiac autonomic functions like baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability. A composite autonomic index including all these three has been shown to be a powerful predictor of mortality. In patients undergoing direct percutaneous intervention for myocardial infarction, HRT improves in those attaining successful reperfusion. Abnormal values for HRT have been noted in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and Chagas disease. Diabetic and elderly individuals are more likely to have blunted HRT. HRT cannot be measured in patients lacking ventricular ectopic beats and in patients presenting with atrial fibrillation.
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- Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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- 1. Medizinische Klinik der Technischen Universität München, München, Germany
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Schwab JO, Eichner G, Shlevkov N, Schrickel J, Yang A, Balta O, Lewalter T, Lüderitz B. Impact of Age and Basic Heart Rate on Heart Rate Turbulence in Healthy Persons. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2005; 28 Suppl 1:S198-201. [PMID: 15683496 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.00042.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Postextrasystolic acceleration of heart rate (HR), known as HR turbulence (HRT) is attenuated in patients with coronary artery disease at increased risk of adverse events. The influence of age and basic HR on HRT have not been evaluated in a large cohort of persons. In 95 healthy individuals, HRT onset (TO) and slope (TS) were calculated from 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiograms, as well as the turbulence timing (TT). Gender specific differences in TO and TS were compared in simple, linear, weighted regression model. The influence of age and the basic HR preceding ventricular premature contractions on HRT were examined. We found that, in men and women, TO decreases as basic HR increases (P < 0.01). In contrast, in men, TS decreased as basic HR increases, whereas in women, basic HR influenced TS only slightly (P < 0.01). A multiple, linear regression model revealed a decrease in HRT with increasing age in men. In conclusion, physiological acceleration of the HR within the first 11 beats after premature ventricular complex (VPC) was observed in >75% of healthy individuals. An accelerating HR preceding the VPC influenced HRT in men. An increasing age was associated with a decrease in HRT in men and a decrease in TO in women. These results illustrate the importance of physiological modulations of HRT when used for risk stratification, especially in older populations.
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- Jörg Otto Schwab
- Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Schwab JO, Eichner G, Veit G, Schmitt H, Lewalter T, Lüderitz B. Influence of Basic Heart Rate and Sex on Heart Rate Turbulence in Healthy Subjects. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2004; 27:1625-31. [PMID: 15613125 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00695.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Acceleration and deceleration of the heart rate after the occurrence of a ventricular premature complex is characterized as heart rate turbulence (HRT). Two parameters quantify heart rate turbulence: onset and slope. The physiological properties have not been clarified in a large cohort of persons yet. This study evaluated properties of HRT, and focused on the influence of basic heart rate and sex on HRT. Using a special protocol, 95 persons were studied prospectively. HRT and its physiological properties were determined in 95 persons using Holter ECGs. The authors found 24% with a turbulence onset 0% and 5% with a turbulence slope <2.5 ms/RRI. Mean heart rate during Holter differed significantly between women and men (745 vs 817 ms, P < 0.0001). A linear, weighted regression model revealed that an increased heart rate before a ventricular premature complex is associated with a decreased turbulence onset (P < 0.0001). Turbulence slope was attenuated by basic heart rate only in men (P = 0.0022). On the contrary, the study detected no influence of the basic heart rate on turbulence slope in women (P = 0.0015 for the comparison between women and men). Basic heart rate and sex show an influence on HRT and should be considered when using HRT for noninvasive risk stratification.
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- Jörg O Schwab
- Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Berkowitsch A, Zareba W, Neumann T, Erdogan A, Nitt SM, Moss AJ, Pitschner HF. Risk stratification using heart rate turbulence and ventricular arrhythmia in MADIT II: usefulness and limitations of a 10-minute holter recording. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2004; 9:270-9. [PMID: 15245344 PMCID: PMC6932719 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2004.93600.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We evaluated the usefulness of heart rate turbulence (HRT) parameters and frequency of ventricular premature beats (VPBs) for risk-stratifying postinfarction patients with depressed left ventricular function enrolled in Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Trial II (MADIT II). METHODS In 884 MADIT II patients, 10-minute Holter monitoring at enrollment was used to evaluate HRT parameters and frequency of VPBs. The primary endpoints were defined as all-cause mortality in patients randomized to conventional treatment and as appropriate therapy for ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in patients randomized to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy. RESULTS The median turbulence slope was lower in patients who died in comparison to survivors in the conventional arm (2.3 vs 4.5 ms/RR; P < 0.05); but it was not a significant predictor of mortality after adjustment for clinical covariates (age, ejection fraction, beta-blocker use, and BUN levels). There was no association between HRT parameters and arrhythmic events in ICD patients. Conventionally treated patients who died and ICD patients who had appropriate ICD therapy had significantly more frequent VPBs than those without such adverse events. After adjustment for clinical covariates, frequent VPBs>3/10 min were associated with death in the conventional arm (HR = 1.63; P = 0.070) and were predictive for appropriate ICD therapy in the ICD arm (HR = 1.75; P = 0.003). CONCLUSION In postinfarction patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction, frequent VPBs are associated with increased risk of mortality and with appropriate ICD therapy. HRT obtained from 10-min Holter ECG showed a trend toward the association with mortality in univariate analysis but HRT parameters were not predictive of the outcome in multivariate analyses.
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- Cardiology Unit of Kerckhoff‐Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Cardiology Unit of Kerckhoff‐Clinic, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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- Cardiology Unit, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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- Cardiology Unit, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York
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Sestito A, Valsecchi S, Infusino F, Sgueglia GA, Bellocci F, Zecchi P, Crea F, Lanza GA. Differences in heart rate turbulence between patients with coronary artery disease and patients with ventricular arrhythmias but structurally normal hearts. Am J Cardiol 2004; 93:1114-8. [PMID: 15110202 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2003] [Revised: 01/12/2004] [Accepted: 01/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The term "heart rate turbulence" (HRT) indicates the physiologic changes in the sinus cycle that follow a ventricular premature complex; impaired HRT denotes abnormalities in cardiac autonomic function. To investigate whether HRT is impaired in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), we studied 29 patients with documented CAD and frequent (>/=30/hour) ventricular premature complexes on Holter monitoring and 31 patients with frequent ventricular arrhythmias but normal hearts (NH-VA). HRT and heart rate variability analyses were analyzed on 24-hour Holter recordings. HRT variables differed significantly between the 2 groups (turbulence onset -0.20 +/- 1.7% vs -0.67 +/- 2.2%, p = 0.00001; turbulence slope 2.83 +/- 1.9 vs 10.83 +/- 7.4 ms/RR, p = 0.0001 in patients with CAD and NH-VA, respectively). The difference was independent of a history of previous myocardial infarction, left ventricular function, and age. Top quartile turbulence onset values (>-0.26%) and bottom quartile turbulence slope values (<2.12 ms/RR) had similar predictive power in discriminating between patients with CAD and NH-VA (positive predictive value 86.7%, negative predictive value 64.4% for both). Among heart rate variables, bottom quartile SD of all RR intervals values (<96.3 ms) only had the same power of HRT variables in discriminating between patients with CAD and NH-VA. Thus, our data show that HRT variables are impaired in patients with CAD patients versus those with NH-VA, indicating abnormalities in the control of short-term cardiac autonomic mechanisms resulting in decreased vagal activity with likely predominant sympathetic activity.
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- Alfonso Sestito
- Istituto di Cardiologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Survivors of acute myocardial infarction are at increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Recent trials have demonstrated that in selected high risk post-myocardial infarction patients mortality can be significantly reduced by implantation of an autonomic cardioverter defibrillator. Therefore, risk stratification strategies have gained increasing importance. Recently, a new method for risk stratification, coined heart rate turbulence, has been published. The method quantifies the physiological short term fluctuation of sinus rhythm cycle lengths following singular ventricular premature complexes. Heart rate turbulence is a consistent phenomenon in low risk patients with ischemic heart disease. The absence of this phenomenon indicates a significantly increased risk of subsequent mortality. The measures for quantifying heart rate turbulence, turbulence onset, and turbulence slope are strong risk predictors, even when adjusted for other established mortality predictors, such as left ventricular ejection fraction, arrhythmia count, heart rate variability, mean heart rate and history of previous myocardial infarction. Heart rate turbulence may be useful not only for risk prediction in post-myocardial infarction patients but also for risk prediction in other patients such as in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy and Chagas disease.
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- Axel Bauer
- Deutsches Herzzentrum München and 1 Medizinische Klinik der Technischen Universität München, Germany
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Lee KT, Lai WT, Chu CS, Yen HW, Voon WC, Sheu SH. Effect of electrophysiologic character of ventricular premature beat on heart rate turbulence. J Electrocardiol 2004; 37:41-6. [PMID: 15132368 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2003.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Heart rate turbulence (HRT) has been described as a predictor of high-risk patients with cardiac diseases. The purpose of this study is to determine how the degree of prematurity of a ventricular premature beat (VPB%) and retrograde ventriculoatrial (VA) conduction of VPBs affect HRT. We studied 30 patients without organic heart disease. We calculated turbulent slope (TS) and turbulent onset (TO) from VPBs induced by programmed stimulation from the right ventricular apex. TS was inversely and TO was positively correlated to VPB%. Without retrograde VA conduction of VPBs, TS was inversely and TO was positively correlated to VPB%. In VPBs with retrograde VA conduction, there were no significant correlations between TO and TS with VPB%. In conclusion, TS and TO calculated from VPBs with different degrees of prematurity varied widely. Both VPB% and characteristics of retrograde VA conduction may affect HRT.
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- Kun-Tai Lee
- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Barthel P, Schneider R, Bauer A, Ulm K, Schmitt C, Schömig A, Schmidt G. Risk stratification after acute myocardial infarction by heart rate turbulence. Circulation 2003; 108:1221-6. [PMID: 12939209 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000088783.34082.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Retrospective postinfarction studies revealed that decreased heart rate turbulence (HRT) indicates increased risk for subsequent death. This is the first prospective study to validate HRT in a large cohort of the reperfusion era. METHODS AND RESULTS One thousand four hundred fifty-five survivors of an acute myocardial infarction (age <76 years) in sinus rhythm were enrolled. HRT onset (TO) and slope (TS) were calculated from Holter records. Patients were classified into the following HRT categories: category 0 if both TO and TS were normal, category 1 if either TO or TS was abnormal, or category 2 if both TO and TS were abnormal. The primary end point was all-cause mortality. During a follow-up of 22 months, 70 patients died. Multivariately, HRT category 2 was the strongest predictor of death (hazard ratio, 5.9; 95% CI, 2.9 to 12.2), followed by left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) < or =30% (4.5; 2.6 to 7.8), diabetes mellitus (2.5; 1.6 to 4.1), age > or =65 years (2.4; 1.5 to 3.9), and HRT category 1 (2.4; 1.2 to 4.9). LVEF < or =30% had a sensitivity of 27% at a positive predictive accuracy level of 23%. The combined criteria of LVEF < or =30%, HRT category 2 or LVEF >30%, age > or =65 years, diabetes mellitus, and HRT category 2 had a sensitivity of 24% at a positive predictive accuracy level of 37%. The combined criteria of LVEF < or =30% or LVEF >30%, age > or =65 years, diabetes mellitus, and HRT category 1 or 2 had a sensitivity of 44% at a positive predictive accuracy level of 23%. CONCLUSIONS HRT is a strong predictor of subsequent death in postinfarction patients of the reperfusion era.
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- Petra Barthel
- 1 Medizinische Klinik der Technischen Universität München, Ismaninger Strabetae 22, 81675 München, Germany
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Bonnemeier H, Wiegand UKH, Friedlbinder J, Schulenburg S, Hartmann F, Bode F, Katus HA, Richardt G. Reflex cardiac activity in ischemia and reperfusion: heart rate turbulence in patients undergoing direct percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 2003; 108:958-64. [PMID: 12925461 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000085072.19047.d8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Abnormal heart rate turbulence (HRT) is associated with an increased risk of mortality in the chronic phase of myocardial infarction (MI) in the prethrombolytic and thrombolytic eras. However, the impact of direct percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on HRT in the acute phase of MI and its association to the epicardial infarct-related arterial flow has not been examined. METHODS AND RESULTS We investigated HRT in 126 patients undergoing direct PCI for a first MI. Turbulence onset and turbulence slope were determined before reperfusion, during the initial 2 hours after reperfusion, and during hours 6 to 24 after reperfusion. HRT significantly improved after PCI. There were no significant differences in baseline clinical characteristics between Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Trial classification (TIMI) 2 (n=28) and TIMI 3 (n=98) flow. After PCI, turbulence slope increased (13.2+/-11 to 18.1+/-12 ms/beat, P<0.001) and turbulence onset decreased (-0.008+/-0.04% to -0.023+/-0.04%, P<0.01) in patients with TIMI 3 flow after PCI, whereas there were no significant alterations of turbulence slope (12.2+/-10 to 12.8+/-6.5 ms/beat) and turbulence onset (-0.009+/-0.05% to -0.003+/-0.03%) in patients with TIMI 2 flow. CONCLUSIONS The improvement of HRT after successful reperfusion is a previously unreported effect of direct PCI for acute MI, reflecting rapid restoration of baroreceptor response. The persistent impairment of HRT after PCI in patients with TIMI 2 flow indicates a sustained blunted baroreflex response and may reflect a more severe microvascular dysfunction.
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- Hendrik Bonnemeier
- Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck, Medizinische Klinik II, Lübeck, Germany.
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Kawasaki T, Azuma A, Asada S, Hadase M, Kamitani T, Kawasaki S, Kuribayashi T, Sugihara H. Heart rate turbulence and clinical prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and myocardial infarction. Circ J 2003; 67:601-4. [PMID: 12845183 DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Short-term fluctuations in sinus cycle length after a single ventricular premature complex (VPC) have attracted considerable interest and has been termed heart rate turbulence (HRT). The onset and slope of HRT have each been reported to be independent and powerful predictors of clinical prognosis in patients with myocardial infarction (MI), but there are no data available for patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Thus the present study analyzed the 2 HRT variables to determine their prognostic value in HCM patients. Holter monitoring data were obtained from 104 HCM patients, 44 MI patients and 56 normal controls, from which singular VPCs followed by >or=20 normal sinus beats were isolated and the HRT onset and slope were automatically calculated. HRT onset and slope were abnormal in MI patients, but not in HCM patients, as compared with normal control subjects (onset -1.1+/-2.9, -2.1+/-3.4, -1.4+/-5.1%; slope 10.6 +/-8.6, 18.0+/-13.9, 16.6+/-9.7 ms/beat, respectively). During the follow-up period of 27+/-10 months, 7 HCM patients and 10 MI patients either died from cardiac death or were hospitalized for congestive heart failure. In MI patients, HRT onset was higher and the HRT slope was lower in patients with cardiac events than in patients without (onset 1.1+/-2.7 vs -1.7+/-2.7%, p=0.011; slope 5.7+/-4.3 vs 12.0+/-9.0 ms/beat, p=0.028). In HCM patients, however, the HRT onset and slope were similar between patients with and without cardiac events (onset -2.0+/-2.0 vs -2.1 +/-3.5%, p=0.98; slope 18.1+/-10.9 vs 18.0+/-14.0 ms/beat, p=0.68). In conclusion, unlike MI patients, the HRT variables in selected HCM patients were not abnormal and failed to predict the clinical prognosis.
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- Tatsuya Kawasaki
- Department of Cardiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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Ribeiro ALP, Schmidt G, Sousa MR, Lombardi F, Gomes MED, Perez AA, Barros MVL, Machado FS, Rocha MOC. Heart rate turbulence in Chagas disease. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2003; 26:406-10. [PMID: 12687855 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00059.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heart rate turbulence (HRT) quantifies the biphasic response of the sinus node to ventricular premature complexes (VPCs) and is a powerful electrocardiogram related risk predictor. VPCs are frequent in Chagas disease, a potentially lethal illness, and can hamper the analysis by conventional methods of autonomic heart control. The aim of the study was to examine HRT in patients with Chagas disease. Chagas disease patients and healthy controls (group 0, n = 11) without other diseases were submitted to a standardized protocol, including electrocardiogram, echocardiography, and 24-hour Holter monitoring. Chagas disease patients were divided according to their left ventricular systolic function: normal (group 1, n = 103) and reduced ejection fraction (group 2, n = 23). Two HRT indices, turbulence onset (TO) and turbulence slope (TS), were calculated and compared among groups after adjustment for covariates like the prevalence of VPCs and the mean heart rate. Chagas disease patients had significantly altered TO (group 1: -0.0186, group 2: -0.0126) and TS (group 1: 10.844, group 2: 7.870) values in comparison with controls (TO -0.0256, TS 19.829); P < 0.001 for both comparisons. In conclusion, HRT data may be useful in the electrocardiographic analysis of autonomic heart control in Chagas disease. Its prognostic value remains to be determined.
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- Antonio Luiz P Ribeiro
- Hospital das Clínicas and Post-Graduation Course in Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
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Wichterle D, Savelieva I, Meara M, Camm AJ, Malik M. Paradoxical autonomic modulation of atrioventricular nodal conduction during heart rate turbulence. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 2003; 26:440-3. [PMID: 12687862 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heart rate turbulence (HRT) represents a biphasic chronotropic response of sinus rhythm to a single ventricular premature beat (VPB). It consists of early acceleration and late deceleration of heart rate and is predominantly mediated by the autonomic nervous system. The aim of this study was to investigate if autonomic perturbations after a VPB exert a significant effect on AV conduction. Both surface ECG and the high right atrial electrogram were recorded at a sampling frequency of 1000 Hz in 26 patients (24 men, mean age 49 +/- 12 years) referred for electrophysiological evaluation. The stimulation protocol consisted of series of single ventricular extrastimuli delivered from the right ventricular apex at decreasing coupling intervals. A biphasic profile of AV intervals after a single VPB was observed. The response of AV conduction to a VPB was approximately 25 times and 15 times weaker in the early and late phase, respectively, than that of R-R intervals. Thus, AV interval dynamics significantly preceded the change in R-R intervals, which is in conflict with the near to zero phase of transfer function between R-R and AV intervals described in previous studies. A significant AV turbulence was observed consisting of early shortening and later prolongation of AV intervals after VPB. Its magnitude was much smaller than that of HRT. Dynamics of AV delay has little impact on the accuracy of HRT assessment from surface ECG. The significant temporal dissociation of R-R and AV interval dynamics after a VPB remains unexplained.
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- Dan Wichterle
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, SW17 0RE London, United Kingdom.
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Diaz JO, Castellanos A, Moleiro F, Interian A, Myerburg RJ. Relation between sinus rates preceding and following ectopic beats occurring in isolation and as episodes of bigeminy in young healthy subjects. Am J Cardiol 2002; 90:332-5. [PMID: 12127627 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02478-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Jorge O Diaz
- Division of Cardiology of the University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA
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Watanabe MA, Marine JE, Sheldon R, Josephson ME. Effects of ventricular premature stimulus coupling interval on blood pressure and heart rate turbulence. Circulation 2002; 106:325-30. [PMID: 12119248 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000022163.24831.b5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Heart rate turbulence (HRT) is a promising noninvasive risk stratifier for mortality after myocardial infarction. On the basis of a study of ventricular premature complex coupling interval and sympathetic nerve burst amplitude, we hypothesized that measures of HRT would increase with increased prematurity of the coupling interval. METHODS AND RESULTS Twenty-eight patients undergoing programmed electrical stimulation were studied (12 with prior myocardial infarction, aged 60+/-18 years). An extrastimulus was delivered from the right ventricular apex after 20 sinus beats with a V-S(2) coupling interval decremented by 20 to 30 ms until refractoriness was reached. Turbulence slope (TS), turbulence timing (TT), and turbulence onset were calculated for each extrastimulus, and the linear regressions of these parameters on coupling interval and compensatory pause were calculated. Arterial blood pressure was measured with arterial catheter or a noninvasive continuous blood pressure transducer (Buffington cuff). TS and turbulence onset were abnormal in 4 and 13 patients, respectively. HRT parameters were significantly correlated with coupling interval or compensatory pause in only 2 or 3 patients for a given regression analysis. This absence of correlation was found likely to be due to lack of correlation between compensatory pause and systolic blood pressure after the compensatory pause. Heart rate and TS were correlated: Patients with high heart rate had low TS and late TT (TS=-2.7+0.01xsinus cycle length, P=0.018; TT=8.8 to 0.005xsinus cycle length, P=0.013). CONCLUSIONS HRT can be induced by programmed stimulation. In this setting, heart rate affects HRT but not ventricular premature complex prematurity. Induced HRT seems to be a valid method for measuring HRT parameters in patients with few ventricular premature complexes.
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- Mari A Watanabe
- Harvard-Thorndike Institute of Electrophysiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Mass, USA.
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