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Xu Y, Zhang X, Fu Z, Dong Y, Yu Y, Liu Y, Liu Z, Chen J, Yao Y, Chen Y, Ooi JP, Shaharuddin B, Yang B, Tan JJ, Guo Z. Intrapericardial Administration of Human Pericardial Fluid Cells Improves Cardiac Functions in Rats with Heart Failure. Stem Cells Dev 2024. [PMID: 39155804 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2024.0072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
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Heart failure is still the main cause of mortality worldwide. This study investigated the characteristics of human pericardial fluid-derived cells (hPFCs) and their effects in treating doxorubicin (DOX)-induced heart failure (HF) rats through intrapericardial injection. hPFCs were isolated from patients who underwent heart transplantation (N=5). These cells that primarily expressed SCA-1, NANOG, mesenchymal markers CD90, CD105 and CD73, were able to form adipocytes, osteoblasts, and cardiomyocytes in vitro. Passage 3 hPFCs (2.5 ×105 cells/heart) were injected into the pericardial cavity of the doxorubicin (DOX)-injured rat hearts, significantly improving cardiac functions after 4 weeks. The tracked and engrafted RFP-tagged hPFCs co-expressed cardiac troponin T and connexin 43 after 4 weeks in the host myocardium. This observation was also coupled with a significant reduction in cardiac fibrosis following hPFCs treatment (P<0.0001 versus untreated). The elevated inflammatory cytokine IL-6, IL-10, and TNF-α in the DOX-treated hearts were found to have significantly reduced (P<0.001 versus untreated), while the regional pro-angiogenic vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) level was increased in the hPFCs-treated group after 4 weeks (P<0.05 versus untreated). hPFCs possess stem cell characteristics and can improve cardiac functions of DOX-induced heart failure rats after 4 weeks through pericardial administration. The improvements were attributed to a significant reduction in cardiac fibrosis, inflammation, and elevated regional pro-angiogenesis factor VEGFA, with evidence of cellular engraftment and differentiation in the host myocardium.
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- Yaping Xu
- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China;
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- Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China;
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- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Xinxiang Medical College, Xinxiang, Henan, China;
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- Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, Henan, China;
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia;
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- Zhengzhou Cardiovascular Hospital, Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
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- Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia;
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- Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China, 830054;
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Allen E, Pongpaopattanakul P, Chauhan RA, Brack KE, Ng GA. The Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Ventricular Electrophysiology and Nitric Oxide Release in the Rabbit Heart. Front Physiol 2022; 13:867705. [PMID: 35755432 PMCID: PMC9213784 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.867705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background: Abnormal autonomic activity including impaired parasympathetic control is a known hallmark of heart failure (HF). Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) has been shown to reduce the susceptibility of the heart to ventricular fibrillation, however the precise underlying mechanisms are not well understood and the detailed stimulation parameters needed to improve patient outcomes clinically are currently inconclusive. Objective: To investigate NO release and cardiac electrophysiological effects of electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve at varying parameters using the isolated innervated rabbit heart preparation. Methods: The right cervical vagus nerve was electrically stimulated in the innervated isolated rabbit heart preparation (n = 30). Heart rate (HR), effective refractory period (ERP), ventricular fibrillation threshold (VFT) and electrical restitution were measured as well as NO release from the left ventricle. Results: High voltage with low frequency VNS resulted in the most significant reduction in HR (by −20.6 ± 3.3%, −25.7 ± 3.0% and −30.5 ± 3.0% at 0.1, 1 and 2 ms pulse widths, with minimal increase in NO release. Low voltage and high frequency VNS significantly altered NO release in the left ventricle, whilst significantly flattening the slope of restitution and significantly increasing VFT. HR changes however using low voltage, high frequency VNS were minimal at 20Hz (to 138.5 ± 7.7 bpm (−7.3 ± 2.0%) at 1 ms pulse width and 141.1 ± 6.6 bpm (−4.4 ± 1.1%) at 2 ms pulse width). Conclusion: The protective effects of the VNS are independent of HR reductions demonstrating the likelihood of such effects being as a result of the modulation of more than one molecular pathway. Altering the parameters of VNS impacts neural fibre recruitment in the ventricle; influencing changes in ventricular electrophysiology, the protective effect of VNS against VF and the release of NO from the left ventricle.
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- Emily Allen
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.,NIHR Leicester BRC, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.,NIHR Leicester BRC, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.,NIHR Leicester BRC, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.,NIHR Leicester BRC, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Glenfield Hospital, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom.,NIHR Leicester BRC, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom
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Ho HMK, Craig DQM, Day RM. Access routes, devices and guidance methods for intrapericardial delivery in cardiac conditions. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2021; 32:206-218. [PMID: 33892101 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2021.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Drug deposition into the intrapericardial space is favourable for achieving localised effects and targeted cardiac delivery owing to its proximity to the myocardium as well as facilitating optimised pharmacokinetic profiles and a reduction in systemic side effects. Access to the pericardium requires invasive procedures but the risks associated with this have been reduced with technological advances, such as combining transatrial and subxiphoid access with different guidance methods. A variety of introducer devices, ranging from needles to loop-catheters, have also been developed and validated in pre-clinical studies investigating intrapericardial delivery of therapeutic agents. Access techniques are generally well-tolerated, self-limiting and safe, although some rare complications associated with certain approaches have been reported. This review covers these access techniques and how they have been applied to the delivery of drugs, cells, and biologicals, demonstrating the potential of intrapericardial delivery for treatments in cardiac arrhythmia, vascular damage, and myocardial infarction.
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- Hei Ming Kenneth Ho
- UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK; Centre for Precision Healthcare, UCL Division of Medicine, University College London, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JF, UK
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- UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK
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- Centre for Precision Healthcare, UCL Division of Medicine, University College London, 5 University Street, London WC1E 6JF, UK.
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Filgueira CS, Igo SR, Wang DK, Hirsch M, Schulz DG, Bruckner BA, Grattoni A. Technologies for intrapericardial delivery of therapeutics and cells. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2019; 151-152:222-232. [PMID: 30797957 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The pericardium, which surrounds the heart, provides a unique enclosed volume and a site for the delivery of agents to the heart and coronary arteries. While strategies for targeting the delivery of therapeutics to the heart are lacking, various technologies and nanodelivery approaches are emerging as promising methods for site specific delivery to increase therapeutic myocardial retention, efficacy, and bioactivity, while decreasing undesired systemic effects. Here, we provide a literature review of various approaches for intrapericardial delivery of agents. Emphasis is given to sustained delivery approaches (pumps and catheters) and localized release (patches, drug eluting stents, and support devices and meshes). Further, minimally invasive access techniques, pericardial access devices, pericardial washout and fluid analysis, as well as therapeutic and cell delivery vehicles are presented. Finally, several promising new therapeutic targets to treat heart diseases are highlighted.
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Recent Advances in Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Strategies of Cardioprotection. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20164002. [PMID: 31426434 PMCID: PMC6720817 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20164002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Ischemic heart diseases (IHD) are the leading cause of death worldwide. Although the principal form of treatment of IHD is myocardial reperfusion, the recovery of coronary blood flow after ischemia can cause severe and fatal cardiac dysfunctions, mainly due to the abrupt entry of oxygen and ionic deregulation in cardiac cells. The ability of these cells to protect themselves against injury including ischemia and reperfusion (I/R), has been termed “cardioprotection”. This protective response can be stimulated by pharmacological agents (adenosine, catecholamines and others) and non-pharmacological procedures (conditioning, hypoxia and others). Several intracellular signaling pathways mediated by chemical messengers (enzymes, protein kinases, transcription factors and others) and cytoplasmic organelles (mitochondria, sarcoplasmic reticulum, nucleus and sarcolemma) are involved in cardioprotective responses. Therefore, advancement in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the cardioprotective response can lead to the development of new pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies for cardioprotection, thus contributing to increasing the efficacy of IHD treatment. In this work, we analyze the recent advances in pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies of cardioprotection.
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Li X, Mikrani R, Li C, Naveed M, Liu Z, Abbas M, Cheng Y, Han L, Wang Z, Zhou X. An epicardial delivery of nitroglycerine by active hydraulic ventricular support drug delivery system improves cardiac function in a rat model. Drug Deliv Transl Res 2019; 10:23-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s13346-019-00656-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Trindade F, Vitorino R, Leite-Moreira A, Falcão-Pires I. Pericardial fluid: an underrated molecular library of heart conditions and a potential vehicle for cardiac therapy. Basic Res Cardiol 2019; 114:10. [DOI: 10.1007/s00395-019-0716-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Maslov M, Foianini S, Lovich M. Delivery of drugs, growth factors, genes and stem cells via intrapericardial, epicardial and intramyocardial routes for sustained local targeted therapy of myocardial disease. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2017; 14:1227-1239. [PMID: 28276968 DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2017.1292249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Local myocardial delivery (LMD) of therapeutic agents is a promising strategy that aims to treat various myocardial pathologies. It is designed to deliver agents directly to the myocardium and minimize their extracardiac concentrations and side effects. LMD aims to enhance outcomes of existing therapies by broadening their therapeutic window and to utilize new agents that could not be otherwise be implemented systemically. Areas covered: This article provides a historical overview of six decades LMD evolution in terms of the approaches, including intrapericardial, epicardial, and intramyocardial delivery, and the wide array of classes of agents used to treat myocardial pathologies. We examines delivery of pharmaceutical compounds, targeted gene transfection and cell implantation techniques to produce therapeutic effects locally. We outline therapeutic indications, successes and failures as well as technical approaches for LMD. Expert opinion: While LMD is more complicated than conventional oral or intravenous administration, given recent advances in interventional cardiology, it is safe and may provide better therapeutic outcomes. LMD is complex as many factors impact pharmacokinetics and biologic result. The choice between routes of LMD is largely driven not only by the myocardial pathology but also by the nature and physicochemical properties of the therapeutic agents.
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- Mikhail Maslov
- a Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care , Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine , Boston , MA , USA
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- a Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care , Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine , Boston , MA , USA
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- a Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care , Steward St. Elizabeth's Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine , Boston , MA , USA
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Iles TL, Howard B, Howard S, Quallich S, Rolfes C, Richardson E, Iaizzo HR, Iaizzo PA. Testing the Efficacy of Pharmacological Agents in a Pericardial Target Delivery Model in the Swine. J Vis Exp 2016. [PMID: 27500319 DOI: 10.3791/52600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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To date, many pharmacological agents used to treat or prevent arrhythmias in open-heart cases create undesired systemic side effects. For example, antiarrhythmic drugs administered intravenously can produce drops in systemic pressure in the already compromised cardiac patient. While performing open-heart procedures, surgeons will often either create a small port or form a pericardial cradle to create suitable fields for operation. This access yields opportunities for target pharmacological delivery (antiarrhythmic or ischemic preconditioning agents) directly to the myocardial tissue without undesired side effects. We have developed a swine model for testing pharmacological agents for target delivery within the pericardial fluid. While fully anesthetized, each animal was instrumented with a Swan-Ganz catheter as well as left and right ventricle pressure catheters, and pacing leads were placed in the right atrial appendage and the right ventricle. A medial sternotomy was then performed and a pericardial access cradle was created; a plunge pacing lead was placed in the left atrial appendage and a bipolar pacing lead was placed in the left ventricle. Utilizing a programmer and a cardiac mapping system, the refractory period of the atrioventricular node (AVN), atria and ventricles was determined. In addition, atrial fibrillation (AF) induction was produced utilizing a Grass stimulator and time in AF was observed. These measurements were performed prior to treatment, as well as 30 min and 60 min after pericardial treatment. Additional time points were added for selected studies. The heart was then cardiopleged and reanimated in a four chamber working mode. Pressure measurements and function were recorded for 1 hr after reanimation. This treatment strategy model allowed us to observe the effects of pharmacological agents that may decrease the incidence of cardiac arrhythmias and/or ischemic damage, during and after open-heart surgery.
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Bonatti R, Silva AFG, Batatinha JAP, Sobrado LF, Machado AD, Varone BB, Nearing BD, Belardinelli L, Verrier RL. Selective late sodium current blockade with GS-458967 markedly reduces ischemia-induced atrial and ventricular repolarization alternans and ECG heterogeneity. Heart Rhythm 2014; 11:1827-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Myocardial drug distribution generated from local epicardial application: potential impact of cardiac capillary perfusion in a swine model using epinephrine. J Control Release 2014; 194:257-65. [PMID: 25234821 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 09/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Prior studies in small mammals have shown that local epicardial application of inotropic compounds drives myocardial contractility without systemic side effects. Myocardial capillary blood flow, however, may be more significant in larger species than in small animals. We hypothesized that bulk perfusion in capillary beds of the large mammalian heart not only enhances drug distribution after local release, but also clears more drug from the tissue target than in small animals. Epicardial (EC) drug releasing systems were used to apply epinephrine to the anterior surface of the left heart of swine in either point-sourced or distributed configurations. Following local application or intravenous (IV) infusion at the same dose rates, hemodynamic responses, epinephrine levels in the coronary sinus and systemic circulation, and drug deposition across the ventricular wall, around the circumference and down the axis, were measured. EC delivery via point-source release generated transmural epinephrine gradients directly beneath the site of application extending into the middle third of the myocardial thickness. Gradients in drug deposition were also observed down the length of the heart and around the circumference toward the lateral wall, but not the interventricular septum. These gradients extended further than might be predicted from simple diffusion. The circumferential distribution following local epinephrine delivery from a distributed source to the entire anterior wall drove drug toward the inferior wall, further than with point-source release, but again, not to the septum. This augmented drug distribution away from the release source, down the axis of the left ventricle, and selectively toward the left heart follows the direction of capillary perfusion away from the anterior descending and circumflex arteries, suggesting a role for the coronary circulation in determining local drug deposition and clearance. The dominant role of the coronary vasculature is further suggested by the elevated drug levels in the coronary sinus effluent. Indeed, plasma levels, hemodynamic responses, and myocardial deposition remote from the point of release were similar following local EC or IV delivery. Therefore, the coronary vasculature shapes the pharmacokinetics of local myocardial delivery of small catecholamine drugs in large animal models. Optimal design of epicardial drug delivery systems must consider the underlying bulk capillary perfusion currents within the tissue to deliver drug to tissue targets and may favor therapeutic molecules with better potential retention in myocardial tissue.
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Mechanisms underlying the autonomic modulation of ventricular fibrillation initiation--tentative prophylactic properties of vagus nerve stimulation on malignant arrhythmias in heart failure. Heart Fail Rev 2014; 18:389-408. [PMID: 22678767 PMCID: PMC3677978 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9314-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Classical physiology teaches that vagal post-ganglionic nerves modulate the heart via acetylcholine acting at muscarinic receptors, whilst it is accepted that vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) slows heart rate, atrioventricular conduction and decreases atrial contraction; there is continued controversy as to whether the vagus has any significant direct effect on ventricular performance. Despite this, there is a significant body of evidence from experimental and clinical studies, demonstrating that the vagus nerve has an anti-arrhythmic action, protecting against induced and spontaneously occurring ventricular arrhythmias. Over 100 years ago Einbrodt first demonstrated that direct cervical VNS significantly increased the threshold for experimentally induced ventricular fibrillation. A large body of evidence has subsequently been collected supporting the existence of an anti-arrhythmic effect of the vagus on the ventricle. The development of prognostic indicators of heart rate variability and baroreceptor reflex sensitivity—measures of parasympathetic tone and reflex activation respectively—and the more recent interest in chronic VNS therapy are a direct consequence of the earlier experimental studies. Despite this, mechanisms underlying the anti-arrhythmic actions of the vagus nerve have not been fully characterised and are not well understood. This review summarises historical and recently published data to highlight the importance of this powerful endogenous protective phenomenon.
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Low doses of ranolazine and dronedarone in combination exert potent protection against atrial fibrillation and vulnerability to ventricular arrhythmias during acute myocardial ischemia. Heart Rhythm 2013; 10:121-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.09.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Richardson ES, Rolfes C, Woo OS, Elmquist WF, Benditt DG, Iaizzo PA. Cardiac Responses to the Intrapericardial Delivery of Metoprolol: Targeted Delivery Compared to Intravenous Administration. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2011; 5:535-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s12265-011-9315-x] [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: 02/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Nieminen T, Verrier RL. Usefulness of T-wave alternans in sudden death risk stratification and guiding medical therapy. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2010; 15:276-88. [PMID: 20645971 PMCID: PMC6932425 DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474x.2010.00376.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Visible T-wave alternans (TWA), a beat-to-beat alternation in the morphology and amplitude of the ST segment or T wave, has been observed for over a century to occur in association with life-threatening arrhythmias in patients with acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and cardiac channelopathies. This compelling linkage prompted development of quantitative techniques leading to FDA-cleared commercial methodologies for measuring nonvisible levels of TWA in the frequency and time domains. The first aim of this review is to summarize evidence from more than a hundred studies enrolling a total of >12,000 patients that support the predictivity of TWA for cardiovascular mortality and sudden cardiac death. The second focus is on the usefulness of TWA in guiding therapy. Until recently, TWA has been used primarily in decision making for cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. Its potential utility in guiding pharmacologic therapy has been underappreciated. We review clinical literature supporting the usefulness of TWA as an index of antiarrhythmic effects and proarrhythmia for different drug classes. Beta-adrenergic and sodium channel-blocking agents are the most widely studied drugs in clinical TWA investigations, with both reducing TWA magnitude; the exception is patients in whom sodium channel blockade discloses the Brugada syndrome and provokes macroscopic TWA. An intriguing possibility is that TWA may help to detect beneficial effects of nonantiarrhythmic agents such as the angiotensin II receptor blocker valsartan, which indirectly protects from arrhythmia through improving myocardial remodeling. We conclude that quantitative analysis of TWA has considerable potential to guide pharmacologic intervention and thereby serve as a therapeutic target.
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- Tuomo Nieminen
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Medical School, University of Tampere, Finland, and Department of Internal Medicine, Päijät‐Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Intrapericardial Ranolazine Prolongs Atrial Refractory Period and Markedly Reduces Atrial Fibrillation Inducibility in the Intact Porcine Heart. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2010; 55:286-91. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3181d26416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Comparison of Elimination and Cardiovascular Effects of Adenine Nucleosides Administered Intrapericardially or Intravenously in Anesthetized Dog. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2009; 54:341-7. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3181b7674b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Intrapericardial Delivery of Amiodarone and Sotalol: Atrial Transmural Drug Distribution and Electrophysiological Effects. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2009; 54:355-63. [DOI: 10.1097/fjc.0b013e3181bad042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lascano EC, Valle HFD, Negroni JA. Nitroglycerin induces late preconditioning against arrhythmias but not stunning in conscious sheep. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2009; 41:160-6. [PMID: 17487765 DOI: 10.1080/14017430701329295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Nitroglycerin, a nitric oxide donor, induces late preconditioning against stunning by short ischemia-reperfusion periods. The study purpose was to assess similar nitroglycerin protection against stunning and arrhythmias produced by prolonged reversible ischemia. DESIGN Four groups of conscious sheep were studied, control: 12 minutes ischemia and 2 hour reperfusion; late preconditioning: six periods of 5 min ischemia-5 min reperfusion 24 h before 12 min ischemia and late preconditioning with 120 microg/kg and 600 microg/kg nitroglycerin administered instead of the ischemia-reperfusion periods. RESULTS Although late preconditioning protected against stunning (mean postischemic recovery of wall thickening fraction, control (n=10): 54.8+/-3.2, late preconditioning (n=9): 74.4+/-3.0, p<0.01), nitroglycerin 120 microg/kg (n=6) did not reproduce mechanical protection (50.1+/-3.8), even with a higher concentration of 600 microg/kg (59.1+/-3.7, n=4). However, nitroglycerin decreased arrhythmia severity index (control: 2.3+/-0.6, late preconditioning: 0.5+/-0.4, nitroglycerin 120 microg/kg: 1+/-0.4 and 600 microg/kg: 0.1+/-0.1 (p<0.05 vs. control). CONCLUSIONS Nitroglycerin only has a limited late preconditioning protective effect in conscious animals submitted to a reversible prolonged ischemia since it protects against arrhythmias but not against stunning.
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- Elena C Lascano
- Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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KUMAR KAPIL, NEARING BRUCED, CARVAS MARCELO, NASCIMENTO BRUNOC, ACAR MARIANA, BELARDINELLI LUIZ, VERRIER RICHARDL. Ranolazine Exerts Potent Effects on Atrial Electrical Properties and Abbreviates Atrial Fibrillation Duration in the Intact Porcine Heart. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2009; 20:796-802. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Repolarization changes induced by mental stress in normal subjects and patients with coronary artery disease: effect of nitroglycerine. Psychosom Med 2009; 71:23-9. [PMID: 19124615 DOI: 10.1097/psy.0b013e31818a1d56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Mental stress can significantly affect ventricular repolarization, which could potentially trigger arrhythmias. We compared the effect of mental stress on repolarization indexed by the amplitude and area of the T wave in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and healthy subjects. METHODS Fourteen healthy controls (11 M, mean age 42 years) and 14 patients with stable CAD (12 M, mean age 64) underwent a mental stress protocol consisting of mental arithmetic followed by a speech (5 minutes each), which was performed on two occasions following either nitroglycerine (NTG) or placebo. Multiple 12-lead electrocardiograms were acquired and repolarization was analyzed using automatically measured T wave amplitude (T(amp)) and area (T(area)). RESULTS When preceded by placebo the overall effect of mental stress, whether induced by arithmetic or speech, was significantly different in CAD patients compared with controls, with a decrease in T(amp) and T(area) in controls and an increase in patients; e.g., change in T(amp) during arithmetic -20 +/- 3 microV in controls versus 4 +/- 2 microV in patients, p < .001, and during speech -9 +/- 3 microV in controls versus 7 +/- 1 microV in patients, p < .001. Following NTG, the effect of stress on repolarization was similar in the 2 groups, with a reversed effect, i.e., decrease instead of increase in T(amp) and T(area) in CAD patients. CONCLUSIONS The effect of mental stress on ventricular repolarization is significantly different in CAD patients compared with healthy controls. These differences are considerably reduced by NTG.
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Deficient ryanodine receptor S-nitrosylation increases sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium leak and arrhythmogenesis in cardiomyocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:20612-7. [PMID: 18077344 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0706796104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Altered Ca(2+) homeostasis is a salient feature of heart disease, where the calcium release channel ryanodine receptor (RyR) plays a major role. Accumulating data support the notion that neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS1) regulates the cardiac RyR via S-nitrosylation. We tested the hypothesis that NOS1 deficiency impairs RyR S-nitrosylation, leading to altered Ca(2+) homeostasis. Diastolic Ca(2+) levels are elevated in NOS1(-/-) and NOS1/NOS3(-/-) but not NOS3(-/-) myocytes compared with wild-type (WT), suggesting diastolic Ca(2+) leakage. Measured leak was increased in NOS1(-/-) and NOS1/NOS3(-/-) but not in NOS3(-/-) myocytes compared with WT. Importantly, NOS1(-/-) and NOS1/NOS3(-/-) myocytes also exhibited spontaneous calcium waves. Whereas the stoichiometry and binding of FK-binding protein 12.6 to RyR and the degree of RyR phosphorylation were not altered in NOS1(-/-) hearts, RyR2 S-nitrosylation was substantially decreased, and the level of thiol oxidation increased. Together, these findings demonstrate that NOS1 deficiency causes RyR2 hyponitrosylation, leading to diastolic Ca(2+) leak and a proarrhythmic phenotype. NOS1 dysregulation may be a proximate cause of key phenotypes associated with heart disease.
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Bartoli CR, Akiyama I, Godleski JJ, Verrier RL. Long-term pericardial catheterization is associated with minimum foreign-body response. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2007; 70:221-7. [PMID: 17632787 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goals of this study were to assess the feasibility and to characterize the foreign-body response of a long-term catheter in the pericardium. BACKGROUND Long-term access to the normal pericardial space provides opportunities for diagnostic sampling and therapeutic intervention. METHODS After thoracotomy, in 7 anesthetized canines, the pericardium was opened and a 5 French silicone vascular access catheter was advanced 10 cm into the pericardial sac toward the apex of the heart. A hydraulic coronary balloon occluder was implanted (N=6). Pericardium was sealed with Prolene suture. Catheters were tunneled to the nape of the neck, attached to a subcutaneous vascular access port, and buried in the fascia. Animals underwent multiple experimental coronary artery occlusions across months. At sacrifice, we assessed the histopathological response of pericardium and epicardium to chronically indwelling silicone catheters. RESULTS Post-mortem examinations were performed at 213 days post-operatively (mean, range=96-413, N=6), with one animal maintained for longer-term study. At sacrifice, all catheters were bidirectionally patent and completely mobile in the pericardium without evidence of tissue overgrowth around the intrapericardial segment. Adhesion tissue was found only at the site of catheter entry through the pericardium. Microscopic histopathological examination at catheter entry site, surrounding pericardium, and myocardium revealed minimum chronic inflammation. CONCLUSIONS This subcutaneous system provides dependable, chronic access to the normal pericardial space for drug delivery and sampling. The presence of a chronic silicone catheter in the pericardium does not precipitate clinically significant pathologic changes even after repeated ischemic events.
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- Carlo R Bartoli
- Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences Program, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, and Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital 02115, USA
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Brack KE, Patel VH, Coote JH, Ng GA. Nitric oxide mediates the vagal protective effect on ventricular fibrillation via effects on action potential duration restitution in the rabbit heart. J Physiol 2007; 583:695-704. [PMID: 17627986 PMCID: PMC2277035 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.138461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that direct vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) reduces the slope of action potential duration (APD) restitution while simultaneously protecting the heart against induction of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in the absence of any sympathetic activity or tone. In the current study we have examined the role of nitric oxide (NO) in the effect of VNS. Monophasic action potentials were recorded from a left ventricular epicardial site on innervated, isolated rabbit hearts (n = 7). Standard restitution, effective refractory period (ERP) and VF threshold (VFT) were measured at baseline and during VNS in the presence of the NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-nitro-L-arginine (L-NA, 200 microm) and during reversing NO blockade with L-arginine (L-Arg, 1 mm). Data represent the mean +/- S.E.M. The restitution curve was shifted upwards and became less steep with VNS when compared to baseline. L-NA blocked the effect of VNS whereas L-Arg restored the effect of VNS. The maximum slope of restitution was reduced from 1.17 +/- 0.14 to 0.60 +/- 0.09 (50 +/- 5%, P < 0.0001) during control, from 0.98 +/- 0.14 to 0.93 +/- 0.12 (2 +/- 10%, P = NS) in the presence of L-NA and from 1.16 +/- 0.17 to 0.50 +/- 0.10 (41 +/- 9%, P = 0.003) with L-Arg plus L-NA. ERP was increased by VNS in control from 119 +/- 6 ms to 130 +/- 6 ms (10 +/- 5%, P = 0.045) and this increase was not affected by L-NA (120 +/- 4 to 133 +/- 4 ms, 11 +/- 3%, P = 0.0019) or L-Arg with L-NA (114 +/- 4 to 123 +/- 4 ms, 8 +/- 2%, P = 0.006). VFT was increased from 3.0 +/- 0.3 to 5.8 +/- 0.5 mA (98 +/- 12%, P = 0.0017) in control, 3.4 +/- 0.4 to 3.8 +/- 0.5 mA (13 +/- 12%, P = 0.6) during perfusion with L-NA and 2.5 +/- 0.4 to 6.0 +/- 0.7 mA (175 +/- 50%, P = 0.0017) during perfusion with L-Arg plus L-NA. Direct VNS increased VFT and flattened the slope of APD restitution curve in this isolated rabbit heart preparation with intact autonomic nerves. These effects were blocked using L-NA and reversed by replenishing the substrate for NO production with L-Arg. This is the first study to demonstrate that NO plays an important role in the anti-fibrillatory effect of VNS on the rabbit ventricle, possibly via effects on APD restitution.
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- Kieran E Brack
- Department of Pharmacology, Division of Neuroscience, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Pabla R, Curtis MJ. Nitric oxide fails to confer endogenous antiarrhythmic cardioprotection in the primate heart in vitro. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 150:893-8. [PMID: 17293889 PMCID: PMC2013886 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The role of nitric oxide (NO) in cardiac pathophysiology remains controversial. According to data from several studies using rat and rabbit isolated hearts, NO is an endogenous cardioprotectant against reperfusion-induced ventricular fibrillation (VF). Thus, if cardiac NO production is abolished by perfusion with L-N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methylester (L-NAME) (100 microM) there is a concomittant increase in the incidence of reperfusion-induced VF, with L-NAME's effects on NO and VF prevented by L- (but not D-) arginine co-perfusion. To make a better estimate of the clinical relevance of these findings, 100 microM L-NAME was tested in primate hearts under similar conditions. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Marmoset (Callithrix jaccus) hearts, isolated and perfused, were subjected to 60 min left regional ischaemia followed by 10 min reperfusion in vitro. The ECG was recorded and NO in coronary effluent measured by chemiluminescence. KEY RESULTS L-NAME (100 micro M) decreased NO in coronary effluent throughout ischaemia and reperfusion (e.g. from 3720+/-777 pmol min(-1) g(-1) in controls to 699+/-98 pmol min(-1) g(-1) after 5 min of ischaemia) and, during ischaemia, lowered coronary flow and reduced heart rate, actions identical to those seen in rat and rabbit hearts. However, the incidence of reperfusion-induced VF was unchanged (20%, with or without L-NAME). CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS A species difference exists in the effectiveness of endogenous NO to protect hearts against reperfusion-induced VF. The present primate data, which presumably take precedence over rat and rabbit data, cast doubt on the clinical relevance of NO as an endogenous, antiarrhythmic, cardioprotectant.
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- R Pabla
- Cardiovascular Division, Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital London, UK
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- Cardiovascular Division, Rayne Institute, St Thomas' Hospital London, UK
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Zhao SX, Lee LM, Nearing BD, Busso VO, Kwaku KF, Verrier RL. Suppression of Calcium-Induced Repolarization Heterogeneity as a Mechanism of Nitroglycerin??s Antiarrhythmic Action. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol 2006; 48:22-9. [PMID: 16954817 DOI: 10.1097/01.fjc.0000244677.49969.73] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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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This study examined whether the antifibrillatory action of nitroglycerin (NTG) is attributable to reduction in calcium-induced heterogeneity of repolarization independent of autonomic and coronary vasodilatory influences. The effects of intrapericardial (IPC) NTG on coronary blood flow, contractility, repolarization, and arrhythmia susceptibility were measured in anesthetized pigs (N = 43). Autonomic influences were minimized by vagotomy and beta-adrenergic blockade (metoprolol, 1.25 mg/kg, intravenous). Electrophysiological parameters were tested at 30 min, a time when coronary hemodynamics had returned to baseline. Intracoronary calcium chloride (CaCl2, 50-mg bolus) injection augmented contractility (dP/dt(max), 1760 +/- 144 to 2769 +/- 274 mmHg/s, and following NTG, 1531 +/- 384 to 2138 +/- 242 mmHg/s, P < 0.0002), reflecting increased myocardial intracellular calcium. Calcium increased repolarization heterogeneity (interlead precordial T-wave heterogeneity, 95 +/- 15 to 264 +/- 33 microV, P < 0.006; T(peak)-T(end), an index of transmural dispersion of repolarization, 37 +/- 3 to 76 +/- 6 ms, P < 0.05) and lowered repetitive extrasystole threshold (RET; 24 +/- 2 to 13 +/- 1 mA, and following NTG, 32 +/- 4 to 18 +/- 1 mA, P < 0.0001). IPC NTG raised the RET from baseline by 33% and blunted calcium-induced contractility (dP/dt(max) by 23%, P < 0.05), repolarization changes (T-wave heterogeneity by 24%, P < 0.006; T(peak)-T(end) by 18%, P = 0.04), and arrhythmia vulnerability (RET by 39%, P < 0.003). Thus, the capacity of NTG to suppress calcium-induced repolarization heterogeneity is an important mechanism of its antiarrhythmic action, which is independent of autonomic and vasodilatory actions.
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- Susan Xiuqing Zhao
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Microvolt-level T-wave alternans (TWA) is a new arrhythmia risk marker to assess subtle changes in repolarization that has been introduced for arrhythmia risk stratification. Recent experimental studies have demonstrated that it reflects a heartrate dependent increased spatial dispersion of repolarization associated with unidirectional conduction block, and reentry that may result in the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation. Clinical studies have convincingly demonstrated that TWA is closely related to arrhythmia induction in the electrophysiology (EP) laboratory as well as to the occurrence of spontaneous ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients undergoing EP study. Subsequent studies showed that TWA-assessed noninvasively-is predictive of future arrhythmic events in patients with implanted ICDs as well as for ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with congestive heart failure without a prior history of arrhythmias. There is still controversy, however, about the predictive value of TWA in patients following acute myocardial infarction (MI). Several studies which differ in patient selection, pharmacologic treatment of the patients, and endpoint definitions, have reported conflicting results. Therefore, studies with a large number of unselected patients after acute MI on optimal treatment according to contemporary therapeutic guidelines as well as of patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction following MI are needed to define its role with regard to identifying patients who may benefit from primary preventive ICD therapy. Future research should also focus on evaluation of alternative methods to increase heart rate (i.e., pharmacological stimulation) in an attempt to reduce the proportion of incomplete tests in patients with insufficient increase in heart rate during exercise testing.
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