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Zeigler Z, Acevedo AM. Re-evaluating the Need for Routine Maximal Aerobic Capacity Testing within Fighter Pilots. Aerosp Med Hum Perform 2024; 95:273-277. [PMID: 38715261 DOI: 10.3357/amhp.6409.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
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INTRODUCTION: There is a current belief in aviation suggesting that aerobic training may reduce G-tolerance due to potential negative impacts on arterial pressure response. Studies indicate that increasing maximal aerobic capacity (V˙o₂ max) through aerobic training does not hinder G-tolerance. Moreover, sustained centrifuge training programs revealed no instances where excessive aerobic exercise compromised a trainee's ability to complete target profiles. The purpose of this review article is to examine the current research in the hope of establishing the need for routine V˙o₂-max testing in air force pilot protocols.METHODS: A systematic search of electronic databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, the Aerospace Medical Association, and Military Medicine was conducted. Keywords related to "human performance," "Air Force fighter pilots," "aerobic function," and "maximal aerobic capacity" were used in various combinations. Articles addressing exercise physiology, G-tolerance, physical training, and fighter pilot maneuvers related to human performance were considered. No primary data collection involving human subjects was conducted; therefore, ethical approval was not required.RESULTS: The V˙o₂-max test provides essential information regarding a pilot's ability to handle increased Gz-load. It assists in predicting G-induced loss of consciousness by assessing anti-G straining maneuver performance and heart rate variables during increased G-load.DISCUSSION: V˙o₂-max testing guides tailored exercise plans, optimizes cardiovascular health, and disproves the notion that aerobic training hampers G-tolerance. Its inclusion in air force protocols could boost readiness, reduce health risks, and refine training for fighter pilots' safety and performance. This evidence-backed approach supports integrating V˙o₂-max testing for insights into fitness, risks, and tailored exercise.Zeigler Z, Acevedo AM. Re-evaluating the need for routine maximal aerobic capacity testing within fighter pilots. Aerosp Med Hum Perform. 2024; 95(5):273-277.
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Miwa K. Orthostatic Intolerance and Chronotropic Incompetence in Patients With Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Circ Rep 2023; 5:55-61. [PMID: 36818521 PMCID: PMC9908528 DOI: 10.1253/circrep.cr-22-0114] [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] [Received: 11/11/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Background: Orthostatic intolerance markedly affects the day-to-day activities of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or chronic fatigue syndrome. Chronotropic incompetence (CI), defined as an impaired chronotropic response or reduced increases in heart rate during exercise and resulting in lower exercise capacity, may also be observed during orthostasis in patients with ME. Methods and Results: In this study, the recordings of 101 adult patients with ME (36 men, 65 women; mean [±SD] age 37±12 years) who underwent conventional active 10-min standing tests at least 3 times to determine the presence of CI were analyzed. Recordings were selected for 13 patients who experienced tests both with and without exhibiting postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS; an increase in heart rate of ≥30 beats/min or an actual heart rate of ≥120 beats/min) while also both successfully completing and failing to complete 10-min standing on different occasions. Subjects in whom failure without POTS was observed in any test(s) while success was associated with POTS on other occasions were considered positive for CI during orthostasis. Of the 13 patients, 12 (92%) were CI positive, 5 (38%) of whom exclusively failed the tests without experiencing POTS. Conclusions: Some patients with ME were CI positive during standing tests, suggesting impaired sympathetic activation. The presence of POTS appears to be essential for maintaining orthostasis in these patients.
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Yan H, Wang S, Cai H, Zhang J, Liu P, Wang Y, Zou R, Wang C. Prognostic Value of Biomarkers in Children and Adolescents With Orthostatic Intolerance. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:752123. [PMID: 34888267 PMCID: PMC8650092 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.752123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Orthostatic intolerance (OI) refers to a series of symptoms that occur during upright standing, which can be relieved when returned to the supine position. OI is a common cause of syncope in children and adolescents. In recent years, more and more studies have been carried out to assess the prognosis of OI by using biomarkers, among which, flow-mediated vasodilation, left ventricular ejection fraction and fractional shortening, hemodynamic change during head-up tilt test, detection of 24-h urinary sodium excretion, body mass index, midregional pro-adrenomedullin, and erythrocytic H2S producing rate are relatively stable, inexpensive, and easy to obtain. With the help of biomarkers, individualized treatment can be carried out to improve the long-term prognosis of children and adolescents with OI. This article reviews the prognostic value of biomarkers in children and adolescents with OI.
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- Huijuan Yan
- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Neonatology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiovasology, Children's Medical Center, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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Laforgia P, Bandera F, Alfonzetti E, Guazzi M. Exercise chronotropic incompetence phenotypes the level of cardiovascular risk and exercise gas exchange impairment in the general population. An analysis of the Euro-EX prevention trial. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2019; 27:526-535. [PMID: 31345056 DOI: 10.1177/2047487319863506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronotropic insufficiency (CI) is defined as the inability of the heart to increase its rate commensurate with increased demand. Exercise CI is an established predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with cardiovascular diseases. AIM The aim of this study was to evaluate how exercise CI phenotypes different levels of cardiovascular risk and how it may better perform in defining cardiovascular risk when analysed in the context of cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET)-derived measures and standard echocardiography in a healthy population with variable cardiovascular risk profile. METHODS Apparently healthy individuals (N = 702, 53.8% females) with at least one major cardiovascular risk factor (MCVRF; hypertension, diabetes, tabagism, dyslipidaemia, body mass index > 25), enrolled in the Euro-EX prevention trial, underwent CPET. CI was defined as the inability to reach 80% of the chronotropic index, that is, the ratio of peak heart rate - rest heart rate/peak heart rate - age predicted maximal heart rate (AMPHR: 220 - age), they were divided into four groups according to the heart rate reserve (<80%>) and respiratory gas exchange ratio (RER; < 1.05>) as a marker of achieved maximal performance. Subjects with a RER < 1.05 (n = 103) were excluded and the final population (n = 599) was divided into CI group (n = 472) and no-CI group (n = 177). RESULTS Compared with no-CI, CI subjects were more frequently females with a history of hypertension in a high rate. CI subjects also exhibited a significantly lower peak oxygen uptake (VO2) and circulatory power and an echocardiographic pattern indicative of higher left atrial volume index and left ventricular mass index. An inverse stepwise relationship between heart rate reserve and number of MCVRFs was observed (one MCVRF: 0.71 ± 0.23; two MCVRFs: 0.68 ± 0.24, three MCVRFs: 0.64 ± 0.20; four MCVRFs: 0.64 ± 0.23; five MCVRFs: 0.57 ± 18; p < 0.01). In multivariate analysis the only variable found predicting CI was peak VO2 (p < 0.05; odds ratio 0.91; confidence interval 0.85-0.97). CONCLUSIONS In a population of apparently healthy subjects, exercise CI is common and phenotypes the progressive level of cardiovascular risk by a tight relationship with MCVRFs. CI patients exhibit some peculiar abnormal exercise gas exchange patterns (lower peak VO2 and exercise oscillatory ventilation) and echo-derived measures (higher left atrium size and left ventricle mass) that may well anticipate evolution toward heart failure.
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- Pietro Laforgia
- University of Milano, Cardiology University Department, Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milano, Italy
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- University of Milano, Cardiology University Department, Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milano, Italy
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- University of Milano, Cardiology University Department, Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milano, Italy
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- University of Milano, Cardiology University Department, Heart Failure Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milano, Italy
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Paolillo S, Agostoni P, De Martino F, Ferrazzano F, Marsico F, Gargiulo P, Pirozzi E, Marciano C, Dellegrottaglie S, Perrone Filardi P. Heart rate during exercise: mechanisms, behavior, and therapeutic and prognostic implications in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction. Heart Fail Rev 2019; 23:537-545. [PMID: 29926282 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-018-9712-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Exercise intolerance is a typical manifestation of patients affected by heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF); however, the relationship among functional capacity, mortality, and exercise-induced heart rate response during exercise remains unclear in either sinus rhythm or atrial fibrillation subjects. Heart rate increase during incremental load exercise has a typical pattern in normal subjects, whereas it is commonly compromised in HFrEF patients, mainly due to the imbalance of the autonomic nervous system. In the present review, we aim to describe the behavior of heart rate during exercise in normal subjects and in HFrEF patients in sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation, understanding and explaining the mechanism leading to a different exercise performance and functional limitation. Moreover, the role of chronotropic incompetence and the need of standardizing the cutoff criteria are also discussed in order to clarify the clinical importance, the prognostic relevance, and the potential therapeutic implications of this condition. Looking into the relative contribution and interaction of heart rate response during exercise might represent an important issue to guide individualized therapeutic interventions and prognostic assessment in HFrEF patients.
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Sezione Cardiovascolare, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, Ospedale Accreditato Villa dei Fiori, Naples, Acerra, Italy.,Mount Sinai Medical School, New York City, NY, USA
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Stępniewski J, Kopeć G, Magoń W, Podolec P. Atrioventricular Conduction Delay Predicts Impaired Exercise Capacity in Patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction. Med Sci Monit 2017; 23:3989-3995. [PMID: 28819094 PMCID: PMC5572778 DOI: 10.12659/msm.902908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Background Atrioventricular conduction delay (AVCD) impairs left ventricular (LV) filling and consequently leads to a reduction of cardiac output. We hypothesized that in patients with severely depressed LV function and coexisting intraventricular conduction disturbances (IVCD), AVCD can affect exercise performance. Therefore, we evaluated the association of AVCD and exercise capacity in patients with heart failure (HFREF) and coexisting IVCD. Material/Methods We included patients with stable, chronic HFREF, LVEF <35%, sinus rhythm, and QRS ≥120 ms. PR interval and peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak) were specifically investigated. Multiple regression analysis was used to adjust the association between PR interval and VO2 peak for possible confounders. Results Most (57.5%) of the 40 included patients [20% female, aged 63±12, 47.5% of ischemic etiology (IHD)] were in NYHA class III. Mean PR interval was 196±38.1 ms. There were 26 (65%) patients with PR interval ≤200 ms and 14 (35%) with >200 ms. Groups were similar in clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic parameters, QRS morphology, and treatment regimens. VO2 peak was lower in patients with longer PR interval group as compared to shorter PR interval group (12.3±4.1 vs. 17.06±4.4, p=0.002). In the regression model, PR interval, female sex, and IHD remained important predictors of VO2 peak (partial=−0.50, p=0.003; rpartial=−0.48, p=0.005; rpartial=−0.44, p=0.01; R2=0.61). Conclusions Delayed AV conduction contributes to decreased exercise capacity in patients with HFREF and coexisting IVCD.
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- Jakub Stępniewski
- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
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- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, John Paul II Hospital in Cracow, Cracow, Poland
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Mezzani A, Corrà U, Giordano A, Cafagna M, Adriano EP, Giannuzzi P. Unreliability of the %VO2 reserve versus %heart rate reserve relationship for aerobic effort relative intensity assessment in chronic heart failure patients on or off beta-blocking therapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 14:92-8. [PMID: 17301633 DOI: 10.1097/hjr.0b013e328011649b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Percentage of heart rate reserve (%HRR) has been shown to be equivalent to percentage of VO2 reserve (%VO2R) in normal individuals, but it is not clear whether this is also true for chronic heart failure (CHF) patients. DESIGN This study aimed to evaluate the reliability of the %VO2R versus %HRR relationship for aerobic effort relative intensity assessment in CHF patients. METHODS We studied 388 patients with CHF, of whom 213 were on carvedilol (CHF on betab) and 175 were off the drug (CHF off betab), and 40 normal individuals (N). %VO2R and %HRR values were evaluated at matched steps during cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The %VO2R versus %HRR regression was determined for each group (CHF, CHF on betab, CHF off betab, N) as a whole and as the mean of individual regressions. RESULTS %VO2R strongly correlated with %HRR in both N and CHF, at both group and mean individual regressions, with slope and y-intercept values significantly lower and higher, respectively, in CHF than N. The 95% prediction interval of %VO2R for a given %HRR value was 24% points in N but rose to 41 in CHF, and the mean regression line coincided with identity line in N but not in CHF. These results were independent of beta-blockade. CONCLUSIONS In CHF patients the %VO2R versus %HRR relationship is unreliable for assessment of aerobic effort relative intensity, because of a large prediction interval of %VO2R and lack of coincidence with the identity line, independently of beta-blocking therapy. This implies that the %VO2R versus %HRR relationship should be determined directly in each patient.
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- Alessandro Mezzani
- Cardiology Division, S. Maugeri Foundation, Veruno Scientific Institute, 28010 Veruno (NO), Italy.
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BACKGROUND Ventricular septal defects are normally closed in early childhood, and post-surgically the patients are considered as healthy and fit as their peers. However, data are inconsistent. We exercise-tested a cohort of ventricular septal defect-operated patients and a group of matched controls to evaluate long-term physical fitness. METHODS Cardiopulmonary exercise capacity was tested on an ergometer cycle in 30 patients and 30 healthy age and gender-matched controls. Pulmonary ventilation and gas exchange were simultaneously measured breath-by-breath with Jaeger MasterScreen CPX® (CareFusion, San Diego, United States of America). During the test session, respiratory gas exchange was measured along with heart rate, blood pressure, and electrocardiogram. The endpoints were peak oxygen uptake, maximal workload, and ventilatory anaerobic threshold. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the SF-36 were applied for Health-Related Quality-of-Life assessment. RESULTS Ventricular septal defect-operated adults had a markedly lower peak oxygen uptake: mean 38.0(±8.2 ml O2/kg/minute) versus 47.9(±6.5 ml O2/kg/minute) in controls, p<0.01. Furthermore, ventilatory anaerobic threshold was impaired in ventricular septal defect patients: mean 25.3(±7.8 ml O2/kg/minute) versus 35.2(±7.7 ml O2/kg/minute) in controls, p<0.01. Maximal workload was reduced: mean 3.3(±0.7 W/kg) versus 4.0(±0.5 W/kg) in the control group, p<0.01. Lastly, ventricular septal defect patients had a significantly lower peak heart rate: mean 182(±8.8 beats/minute) versus 188(±9.0 beats/minute) in controls, p=0.03. Regarding Health-Related Quality of Life, the ventricular septal defect group had significantly lower scores in physical functioning, role physical, and social functioning. CONCLUSION Young adults with a surgically closed ventricular septal defect had a markedly reduced cardiopulmonary exercise capacity and a lower peak heart rate compared with controls.
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Magrì D, Agostoni P, Cauti FM, Musumeci B, Egidy Assenza G, De Cecco CN, Muscogiuri G, Maruotti A, Ricotta A, Pagannone E, Marino L, Santini D, Proietti G, Serdoz A, Paneni F, Volpe M, Autore C. Determinants of peak oxygen uptake in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a single-center study. Intern Emerg Med 2014; 9:293-302. [PMID: 23054411 DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0866-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/22/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Most patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) usually complain of a reduced exercise capacity, and several factors have been advocated as possible causes of this clinical feature. The present single-center study was designed to investigate exercise capacity and its main clinical determinants in HCM patients. One hundred ninety seven patients of 223 evaluated underwent a complete clinical assessment, including Doppler echocardiography, cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and, in most cases, cardiac magnetic resonance. The HCM population (male 75 %; age 47 ± 16 years; NYHA class I or II 95 %; left ventricular ejection fraction 61 ± 3 %; resting left ventricular outflow tract gradient ≥30 mmHg 22 %; late gadolinium enhancement presence 58 %) showed slightly reduced mean peak oxygen uptake values (pVO2 75 ± 15 %, 23.2 ± 6.7 ml/kg/min) with a significant reduction of the achieved percentage of peak heart rate reserve (%pHRR 65 ± 20 %). Adopting a pVO2 <80 % cut-off value, 59 % of HCM patients showed a reduced exercise capacity. Age, male gender, left atrial size, chronotropic and systolic blood pressure response, ventilatory efficiency, late gadolinium enhancement presence and β-blocker therapy were independently associated with pVO2 (R (2)-adjusted index 0.738). A %pHRR cut-off value of 74 % appeared to most accurately predict an impaired exercise capacity (area under curve 0.90). A great prevalence of reduced exercise capacity is present in NYHA class I-II HCM patients. Notwithstanding its multifactorial genesis, few parameters might be adopted in identifying this feature. In this context, %pHRR value might represent a reliable and easy-to-obtain tool for the clinical evaluation of HCM patients.
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- Damiano Magrì
- Cardiology Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Chronotropic incompetence, beta-blockers, and functional capacity in advanced congestive heart failure: Time to pace? Eur J Heart Fail 2014; 10:96-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Revised: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Magrì D, Corrà U, Di Lenarda A, Cattadori G, Maruotti A, Iorio A, Mezzani A, Giannuzzi P, Mantegazza V, Gondoni E, Sinagra G, Piepoli MF, Fiorentini C, Agostoni P. Cardiovascular mortality and chronotropic incompetence in systolic heart failure: the importance of a reappraisal of current cut-off criteria. Eur J Heart Fail 2013; 16:201-9. [DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 07/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Damiano Magrì
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine; ‘Sapienza’ Università degli Studi di Roma; Roma Italy
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- Divisione di Cardiologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS; Istituto Scientifico di Veruno; Veruno Italy
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- Centro Cardiovascolare; Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari no. 1; Trieste Italy
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- Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute & School of Mathematics; University of Southampton; Southampton UK
- Department of Politic Sciences; Università ‘Roma Tre’; Roma Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department; Ospedali Riuniti and Università di Trieste; Trieste Italy
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- Divisione di Cardiologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS; Istituto Scientifico di Veruno; Veruno Italy
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- Divisione di Cardiologia Riabilitativa, Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri, IRCCS; Istituto Scientifico di Veruno; Veruno Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department; Ospedali Riuniti and Università di Trieste; Trieste Italy
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- Heart Failure Unit, Cardiac Department; Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital; Piacenza Italy
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino; IRCCS; Milano Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health; Università di Milano; Milano Italy
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- Centro Cardiologico Monzino; IRCCS; Milano Italy
- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health; Università di Milano; Milano Italy
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; University of Washington; Seattle USA
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Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NAM, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO. 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update incorporated into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. Circulation 2012; 127:e283-352. [PMID: 23255456 DOI: 10.1161/cir.0b013e318276ce9b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 378] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NAM, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO, Tracy CM, Epstein AE, Darbar D, DiMarco JP, Dunbar SB, Estes NAM, Ferguson TB, Hammill SC, Karasik PE, Link MS, Marine JE, Schoenfeld MH, Shanker AJ, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Stevenson WG, Varosy PD. 2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update incorporated into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 61:e6-75. [PMID: 23265327 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 561] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Rusk K, Scordo K. Sinus node dysfunction: recognition and treatment. Nurse Pract 2012; 37:12-21. [PMID: 23114718 DOI: 10.1097/01.npr.0000422204.02853.e0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Sinus node dysfunction (SND) refers to a wide range of abnormalities involving sinus node and atrial impulse generation and propagation. SND occurs at any age and is commonly encountered in clinical practice. Clinicians must be able to accurately diagnose this syndrome, which can present from asymptomatic bradycardia to atrial standstill.
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- Karla Rusk
- Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Hirsh BJ, Mignatti A, Garan AR, Uriel N, Colombo P, Sims DB, Jorde UP. Effect of β-blocker cessation on chronotropic incompetence and exercise tolerance in patients with advanced heart failure. Circ Heart Fail 2012; 5:560-5. [PMID: 22855557 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.112.967695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronotropic incompetence is defined as the inability to reach 80% of heart rate (HR) reserve or 80% of the maximally predicted HR during exercise. The presence of chronotropic incompetence is associated with reduced peak oxygen consumption, and rate-responsive pacing therapy is under investigation to improve exercise capacity in heart failure (HF). However, uncertainty exists about whether chronotropic incompetence and reduced exercise tolerance in HF are attributable to β-blockade. METHODS AND RESULTS Subjects with HF and receiving long-term β-blocker therapy underwent cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance testing under 2 conditions in random sequence: (1) after a 27-hour washout period (Off-BB) and (2) 3 hours after β-blocker ingestion (On-BB). Norepinephrine levels were drawn at rest and at peak exercise. β1-response to norepinephrine was assessed using the chronotropic responsiveness index: ΔHR/Δlog norepinephrine. Nineteen patients with systolic HF (left ventricular ejection fraction, 22.8±7.7%) were enrolled. Mean age was 49.4±12.3 years. Average carvedilol equivalent dose was 29.1±17.0 mg daily. Peak HR off/on β-blockers was 62.7±18.7% and 51.4±18.2% HR reserve (P<0.01) and 79.1±11.0% and 70.3±12.3% maximally predicted HR (P<0.01). For the Off-BB and On-BB conditions, the respiratory exchange ratios were 1.05±0.06 and 1.05±0.10 (P=0.77), respectively, confirming maximal and near identical effort in both conditions. The peak oxygen consumption was 16.6±3.34 and 15.9±3.31 mL/kg/min (P=0.03), and the chronotropic responsiveness index was 19.3±7.2 and 16.2±7.1 (P=0.18). CONCLUSIONS Acute β-blocker cessation does not normalize the chronotropic response to exercise in patients with advanced HF and chronotropic incompetence.
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- Benjamin J Hirsh
- Cardiovascular Division, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Schmid JP, Zurek M, Saner H. Chronotropic incompetence predicts impaired response to exercise training in heart failure patients with sinus rhythm. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2012; 20:585-92. [DOI: 10.1177/2047487312444368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Jean-Paul Schmid
- Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Al-Najjar Y, Witte KK, Clark AL. Chronotropic incompetence and survival in chronic heart failure. Int J Cardiol 2010; 157:48-52. [PMID: 21185094 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2010] [Revised: 11/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/29/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Failure of the heart rate to rise normally during an incremental exercise test is termed chronotropic incompetence (CI). It is common in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF), and we wanted to explore the relation between CI and outcome in unselected patients with CHF. METHODS 411 patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction who underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) were included. CI was defined as a failure to achieve 80% of the maximum predicted heart rate (HR). A CI index was also calculated: (Peak HR-Rest HR)/(220-age-Rest HR)∗100. Cox regression was used to assess the univariate and multivariate relationship between variables and all-cause mortality. Survivors were followed for a median of 89months (IQR 62.8-98.6). The majority were male (81.4%) with a median age of 67years (IQR 60-73). A subgroup of 266 patients had NT-proBNP values. RESULTS CI was present in 42.3% of the population. The mean CI index was 65.7% (SD 41.3%). Patients without CI exercised for longer (510s) and had higher peak VO(2) values (21.1mL/kg/min) than those with CI (424 seconds and 18mL/kg/min). Only peak VO(2), age and β blocker use were independent prognostic variables. In the subset of patients with NT-proBNP available, Log[NT-proBNP] was the most powerful predictor of mortality followed by peak VO(2) and β blocker use. CONCLUSIONS Patients with CI had lower exercise time and peak VO(2). However CI was not a significant predictor of mortality in patients with CHF undergoing CPET.
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Magrì D, Palermo P, Cauti FM, Contini M, Farina S, Cattadori G, Apostolo A, Salvioni E, Magini A, Vignati C, Alimento M, Sciomer S, Bussotti M, Agostoni P. Chronotropic incompentence and functional capacity in chronic heart failure: no role of β-blockers and β-blocker dose. Cardiovasc Ther 2010; 30:100-8. [PMID: 20553283 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-5922.2010.00184.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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AIM To assess the effect of chronotropic incompetence on functional capacity in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients, as evaluated as NYHA and peak oxygen consumption (pVO(2) ), focusing on the presence and dose of β-blocker treatment. METHODS Nine hundred and sixty-seven consecutive CHF patients were evaluated, 328 of whom were discarded because they failed to meet the study criteria. Of the 639 analyzed, 90 were not treated with β-blockers whereas the other 549 were. The latter were further subdivided in high (n = 184) and low (n = 365) β-blockers daily dose group in accordance with an arbitrary cut-off of 25 mg for carvedilol and of 5 mg for bisoprolol. Failure to achieve 80% of the percentage of maximum age predicted peak heart rate (%Max PHR) or of HR reserve (%HRR) constituted chronotropic incompetence. RESULTS No differences were found in NYHA or pVO2 between patients with and without β-blockers and, similarly, between high and low β-blocker dose groups. Twenty and sixty-nine percent of not β-blocked patients showed chronotropic incompetence according to %Max PHR and %HRR, respectively, whereas this prevalence rose to 61% and 84% in those on β-blocker therapy. Patients taking β-blockers without chronotropic incompetence, as inferable from both %Max PHR and %HRR, showed higher NYHA and pVO2 regardless of drug dose, whereas, in not β-blocked patients, only %HRR revealed a difference in functional capacity. At multivariable analysis, HR increase during exercise (ΔHR) was the variable most strongly associated to pVO2 (β: 0.572; SE: 0.008; P < 0.0001) and NYHA class (β: -0.499; SE: 0.001; P < 0.0001). CONCLUSIONS ΔHR is a powerful predictor of CHF severity regardless of the presence of β-blocker therapy and of β-blocker daily dose.
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- Damiano Magrì
- U.O. Cardiologia, S. Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Vittorio TJ, Lanier G, Zolty R, Sarswat N, Tseng CH, Colombo PC, Jorde UP. Association between endothelial function and chronotropic incompetence in subjects with chronic heart failure receiving optimal medical therapy. Echocardiography 2010; 27:294-9. [PMID: 20070352 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2009.01011.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: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE Impairment of flow-mediated, endothelium-dependent vasodilatation (FMD) of the brachial artery identifies peripheral endothelial dysfunction in subjects with chronic congestive heart failure (CHF) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. To further elucidate the interaction of peripheral and central mechanisms in the syndrome of CHF, we examined the association between endothelial function and chronotropic incompetence, an emerging prognostic marker in CHF. METHODS Thirty subjects with stable New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II-III CHF were studied. A vascular ultrasound study was performed to measure brachial artery FMD. The percentage of age-adjusted maximal predicted heart rate (MPHR) reached during cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance testing (CPETT) was used to assess the degree of chronotropic competence. All patients received ACE inhibitors and beta-adrenoceptor blockers. RESULTS Brachial artery FMD averaged 1.3 +/- 2.4% and age-adjusted % MPHR 74.1 +/- 11.7%. FMD correlated with % MPHR among all patients (r = 0.60, P = 0.01). FMD and resting heart rate (RHR) did not significantly correlate (r = 0.13, P = 0.55). CONCLUSIONS FMD, a measure of peripheral endothelial dysfunction, and % MPHR, a central determinant of cardiac output, are moderately correlated in heart failure patients receiving optimal medical therapy. Whether a cause-effect relationship underlies this association remains to be investigated.
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- Timothy J Vittorio
- Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA
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Phan TT, Shivu GN, Abozguia K, Davies C, Nassimizadeh M, Jimenez D, Weaver R, Ahmed I, Frenneaux M. Impaired Heart Rate Recovery and Chronotropic Incompetence in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. Circ Heart Fail 2010; 3:29-34. [DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.109.877720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Thanh Trung Phan
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Diller GP, Okonko DO, Uebing A, Dimopoulos K, Bayne S, Sutton R, Francis DP, Gatzoulis MA. Impaired heart rate response to exercise in adult patients with a systemic right ventricle or univentricular circulation: Prevalence, relation to exercise, and potential therapeutic implications. Int J Cardiol 2009; 134:59-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2007] [Revised: 10/15/2007] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nikolić G. Atrioventricular block induced by atrial premature beats. Heart Lung 2008; 37:401-2. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2008] [Accepted: 05/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NAM, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO, Smith SC, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Faxon DP, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW. ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:e1-62. [PMID: 18498951 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1101] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities. Heart Rhythm 2008; 5:e1-62. [PMID: 18534360 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Epstein AE, DiMarco JP, Ellenbogen KA, Estes NAM, Freedman RA, Gettes LS, Gillinov AM, Gregoratos G, Hammill SC, Hayes DL, Hlatky MA, Newby LK, Page RL, Schoenfeld MH, Silka MJ, Stevenson LW, Sweeney MO, Smith SC, Jacobs AK, Adams CD, Anderson JL, Buller CE, Creager MA, Ettinger SM, Faxon DP, Halperin JL, Hiratzka LF, Hunt SA, Krumholz HM, Kushner FG, Lytle BW, Nishimura RA, Ornato JP, Page RL, Riegel B, Tarkington LG, Yancy CW. ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices): developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Circulation 2008; 117:e350-408. [PMID: 18483207 DOI: 10.1161/circualtionaha.108.189742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 935] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Norozi K, Wessel A, Alpers V, Arnhold JO, Binder L, Geyer S, Zoege M, Buchhorn R. Chronotropic Incompetence in Adolescents and Adults With Congenital Heart Disease After Cardiac Surgery. J Card Fail 2007; 13:263-8. [PMID: 17517345 DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2006] [Revised: 11/27/2006] [Accepted: 12/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronotropic incompetence (CI) is one of the major problems in adults with congestive heart. Little is known about CI in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) after cardiac surgery. The purpose of our study was to investigate the presence and risk factors of CI in ACHD patients. METHODS AND RESULTS Clinical and echocardiographic data, NT-pro brain natriuretic peptide (N-BNP), and peak oxygen uptake (VO2peak) during spiroergometry were obtained in 345 consecutive ACHD patients. CI was defined as the failure to achieve > or = 80% of the predicted maximal heart rate. A total of 117 (34%) of study patients fulfilled the CI criterion. These patients were in a higher New York Heart Association class (1.7 +/- 0.06 versus 1.4 +/- 0.03, P < .0001; mean +/- SEM), had significantly higher N-BNP levels (230 +/- 31 versus 121 +/- 10 pg/mL, P < .0001) and a more pronounced impairment of VO2peak (23.8 +/- 0.6 versus 28.4 +/- 0.5 mL x kg x min, P < .0001) than those without CI. Elevated odds ratios for CI were found in patients with a single ventricle (4.03), Mustard operation for transposition of the great arteries (3.11), and aortic coarctation (2.14). CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that CI in ACHD patients is a frequent problem and is related to the severity of the heart failure as measured by symptom assessment (New York Heart Association class), plasma N-BNP level and peak oxygen uptake.
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- Kambiz Norozi
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical School Hannover, Germany
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Hemann BA, Jezior MR, Atwood JE. Exercise-induced atrioventricular block: a report of 2 cases and review of the literature. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 26:314-8. [PMID: 17003598 DOI: 10.1097/00008483-200609000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Brian A Hemann
- Division of Cardiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307, USA.
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Dimopoulos K, Diller GP, Piepoli MF, Gatzoulis MA. Exercise Intolerance in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiol Clin 2006; 24:641-60, vii. [PMID: 17098517 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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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This article describes the ways to assess exercise capacity in adults with congenital heart disease (ACHD) and the impact of exercise intolerance in the population. It also discusses the likely pathogenesis of exercise intolerance in ACHD, the similarities between ACHD and acquired heart failure, and potential therapeutic options.
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- Konstantinos Dimopoulos
- Adult Congenital Heart Programme, Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, UK.
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Nothroff J, Norozi K, Alpers V, Arnhold JO, Wessel A, Ruschewski W, Buchhorn R. Pacemaker Implantation as a Risk Factor for Heart Failure in Young Adults with Congenital Heart Disease. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2006; 29:386-92. [PMID: 16650267 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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AIM Complete postoperative heart block following open-heart surgery and sinus node dysfunction are indications for permanent cardiac pacing in children with congenital heart defects. The purpose of our study was to evaluate if cardiac pacing is a risk factor of heart failure during longtime follow-up of grown ups with congenital heart disease (GUCH). METHODS For an objective assessment of heart failure, NT-Pro brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and maximal oxygen uptake index (VO2max) during the cardiopulmonary exercise testing were measured in 346 consecutive GUCH patients during a longtime follow-up examination. RESULTS Thirty-nine of these patients who had pacemaker implantation had significantly increased BNP levels (448.2 +/- 76.8 vs 123.8 +/- 9.7 pg/mL, P < 0.0001) and significantly decreased VO(2max) (22.5 +/- 0.9 vs 27.4 +/- 0.4, P < 0.0001). Heart failure in pacemaker patients was associated with significantly prolonged QRS complex durations (171.1 +/- 8.3 ms vs 108.7 +/- 1.8 ms, P < 0.0001), increased right ventricular end diastolic diameters (38.7 +/- 2.1 mm vs 27.8 +/- 0.5mm, P < 0.0001), lower heart rates at rest (69.5 +/- 1.9/min vs 82 +/- 1/min, P < 0.0001), and at exercise (140.3 +/- 5.8/min vs 163.5 +/- 1.2/min, P < 0.0001). Mean fractional shortening of the left ventricle was normal in both patient groups. CONCLUSION Pacemaker implantation may be associated with heart failure during longtime follow-up of GUCH indicated by significantly elevated BNP levels and decreased VO2max. Possible explanations are prolongation of QRS complex duration, decreased maximal heart rates during exercise, and dilatation of the right ventricle.
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- Jörg Nothroff
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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Heffernan KS, Baynard T, Goulopoulou S, Giannopoulou I, Collier SR, Figueroa A, Fernhall B. Baroreflex Sensitivity during Static Exercise in Individuals with Down Syndrome. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2005; 37:2026-31. [PMID: 16331125 DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000179217.59831.41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Individuals with Down syndrome (DS) have altered heart rate (HR) and blood pressure (BP) responses to orthostatic challenges and isometric handgrip (IHG) exercise, suggesting possible alteration in baroreflex sensitivity. PURPOSE This study investigated baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) as a potential mechanism contributing to chronotropic incompetence during IHG in persons with DS. METHODS Heart rate and BP were continually recorded in 12 individuals with DS and 10 controls, at rest and during 2 min of IHG, at 30% of maximal voluntary contraction (MVC). Spontaneous BRS was derived via the sequence method. RESULTS No differences were seen in HR at rest between groups. Systolic BP (SBP) was significantly lower in the DS group at rest (106.1+/- 2.9 vs 116.5+/- 3.9 mm Hg, P < 0.05) and during IHG (123.9+/- 4.6 vs 150.1+/- 5.3 mm Hg, P<0.001). A significant group-by-task interaction was found for both change in HR and change in SBP with IHG, because of an attenuated HR and SBP response to IHG in participants with DS (P<0.05). When controlling for resting SBP, the DS group had a lower BRS at rest (16.0+/-1.7 vs 21.2+/-4.2 ms.mm Hg, P< 0.05) and during IHG (7.8 +/-1.0 vs 12.1+/- 2.6 ms.mm Hg, P< 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Individuals with DS have lower BRS at rest and during IHG than controls and this may be related to their attenuated HR response during perturbation.
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- Kevin S Heffernan
- Department of Kinesiology and Community Health University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Champaign, IL 61820, USA
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Witte KKA, Cleland JGF, Clark AL. Chronic heart failure, chronotropic incompetence, and the effects of beta blockade. Heart 2005; 92:481-6. [PMID: 16159968 PMCID: PMC1860848 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To establish the prevalence of chronotropic incompetence in a cohort of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) taking modern medications for heart failure, and whether this affected exercise capacity and predicted prognosis. METHODS Heart rate response to exercise was examined in 237 patients with CHF in sinus rhythm, who were compared with 118 control volunteers. The percentage of maximum age predicted peak heart rate (%Max-PPHR) and percentage heart rate reserve (%HRR) were calculated, with a cut off of < 80% as the definition of chronotropic incompetence for both. Patients were followed up for an average (SD) of 2.8 (9) years. Mortality was related to peak oxygen consumption (pVo2), and the presence or absence of chronotropic incompetence. RESULTS %Max-PPHR < 80% identified 103 (43%) and %HRR < 80% identified 170 patients (72%) as having chronotropic incompetence. Chronotropic incompetence was more common in patients taking beta blockers than in those not taking beta blockers as assessed by both methods (80 (49%) v 23 (32%) by %Max-PPHR and 123 (75%) v 47 (64%) by %HRR, respectively). Patients with chronotropic incompetence by either method had a lower pVo2 than those without. These differences remained significant for both patients taking and not taking a beta blocker. %HRR, Max-PPHR%, and HRR were related to New York Heart Association class and correlated with pVo2. There was no difference in the slopes relating heart rate to pVo2 between patients with and those without chronotropic incompetence (6.1 (1.7) v 5.1 (1.8), p = 0.34). During an average 2.8 year follow up 40 patients (17%) died. In Cox proportional hazard models, pVo2 was the most powerful predictor of survival and neither measure of chronotropic incompetence independently predicted outcome. CONCLUSIONS pVo2 is a powerful marker of prognosis for patients with CHF whether they are taking beta blockers or not. A low heart rate response to exercise in patients with CHF correlates with worse exercise tolerance but is unlikely to contribute to exercise impairment.
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Chronotropic incompetence (CI) is the inability of heart rate response to meet metabolic demand. CI is associated with sinus node dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, or structural heart disease, and can lead to functional impairment. We report the case of a 34-year-old man with CI secondary to sinus node dysfunction who demonstrated significant improvement in functional capacity with rate-responsive pacing. Therapy for CI should be guided by the treatment of the underlying cause with consideration for rate-responsive pacing in symptomatic patients. The prognosis of CI is variable and dependent on underlying etiology.
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- Philip J Gentlesk
- Cardiology Service, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA
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Pinto DS, Ho KK, Zimetbaum PJ, Pedan A, Goldberger AL. Sinus versus nonsinus tachycardia in the emergency department: importance of age and heart rate. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2003; 3:7. [PMID: 12901738 PMCID: PMC184452 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-3-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2003] [Accepted: 08/05/2003] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The emergency department diagnosis of sinus versus nonsinus tachycardia is an important clinical challenge. The objective of this study was to identify subjects with a high prevalence of nonsinus tachycardia. METHODS Heart rate and cardiac rhythm were prospective reviewed in 500 consecutive patients with heart rate > or = 100 beats/min in a busy emergency department. A predictive model based on age and heart rate was then developed to identify the probability of nonsinus tachycardia. RESULTS As age and heart rate increased, nonsinus tachycardias became more frequent. The probability of nonsinus tachycardia in a subject > or = 71 years with heart rate > or = 141 beats/minute was 93%, compared to only three percent in a subject < or = 50 years with heart rate 100-120 beats/minute. A simple point score system based on age and heart rate helps predict the probability of sinus tachycardia versus nonsinus tachycardia. CONCLUSION Nonsinus tachycardia is significantly more common than sinus tachycardia in elderly patients in the emergency department. The diagnosis of sinus tachycardia becomes much less likely as age and heart rate increase.
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- Duane S Pinto
- From the Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- From the Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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BACKGROUND Peak oxygen consumption (V(O(2))) is a powerful predictor of outcome in patients with chronic heart failure. This is not a test that is readily clinically available. We therefore sought to establish a method of assessing peak V(O(2)) from non-invasively acquired data. METHODS We analysed the results from incremental treadmill exercise tests in 60 patients [aged 59.0 (S.D. 12.4) years] with chronic heart failure or left ventricular dysfunction [left ventricular ejection fraction (29.6 (15.2)%)] and 52 control subjects [aged 36.7 (12.3)]. Metabolic gas exchange during exercise was measured with a respiratory mass spectrometer. Heart rate and blood pressure were measured. RESULTS Peak V(O(2)) was lower in patients than controls [19.9 (7.7) ml/kg/min vs. 38.3 (9.0), P<0. 001]. Exercise time (r=0.84, P<0.001), heart rate at peak exercise (r=0.63, P<0.0001), change in heart rate (r=0.72, P<0.0001), rate pressure product at peak exercise (r=0.64, P<0.0001) and change in systolic blood pressure (r=0.31, P=0.002) all correlated with peak V(O(2)). In a stepwise regression model, exercise time was the most powerful predictor of peak V(O(2)) (r(2)=0.79). The only additional independent variable was change in heart rate from rest to peak exercise, which increased r(2) to 0.80. In a survival analysis, measured peak V(O(2)) and the peak V(O(2)) estimated from exercise time and change in heart rate had similar predictive power. CONCLUSIONS In this preliminary study, peak V(O(2)) can be estimated from non-invasively acquired parameters. Estimated peak V(O(2)) and measured peak V(O(2)) have similar predictive power for outcome. Further work is necessary to see if estimated peak V(O(2)) is widely applicable in a clinical setting.
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- A L Clark
- Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Dovehouse Street, London, UK.
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Lukl J, Doupal V, Sovová E, Lubena L. Incidence and significance of chronotropic incompetence in patients with indications for primary pacemaker implantation or pacemaker replacement. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1999; 22:1284-91. [PMID: 10527009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1999.tb00621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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This prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the incidence and significance of chronotropic incompetence in 211 patients [age 71.1 6 10.6 years (mean 6 SD)] by means of maximum exercise test in order to determine the indication for rate-responsive pacing before primary pacemaker implantation (147 patients) or pacemaker replacement (64 patients). There were 112 (53%) patients with second- or third-degree AV block, 63 (30%) with sick sinus syndrome, and 36 (17%) with chronic atrial fibrillation. Chronotropic incompetence was defined as maximum heart rate lower than age-adjusted norm calculated by the formula: 0.7x(220 - age) and its significance as the difference between the two rates. The overall incidence of chronotropic incompetence was 42%. The incidence was significantly higher in patients with atrial fibrillation (67%, P<0.0005) and sick sinus syndrome (49%, P<0.012) than in those with AV block (30%). The mean difference between maximum heart rate and the age-adjusted norm was 18% (range 2%-63%). The mean difference was significantly higher in patients with atrial fibrillation (27%, range 8-63%) than in those with sick sinus syndrome (19%, range 2%-45%, P<0.01), or with AV block (12%, range 6%-26%, P<0.000001). The rate-responsive pacemakers were implanted in 44% of 211 patients studied and in 43% of 196 patients excluded from the study due to the apparent (contra)indication of rate-responsive pacing (NS). Thus, chronotropic incompetence seems to be common in the pacemaker patient population. The highest incidence and significance was found in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Systematic evaluation of chronotropic competence can double the rate of implantation of rate-responsive pacemakers; however, further studies are needed to clarify relation between the significance of chronotropic incompetence and functional benefit of rate-responsive pacing.
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- J Lukl
- 1st Medical Department, University Hospital, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Garrigue S, Barold SS, Valli N, Gencel L, Jais P, Haissaguerre M, Clémenty J. Effect of right ventricular pacing in patients with complete left bundle branch block. Am J Cardiol 1999; 83:600-4, A8. [PMID: 10073871 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00923-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The relation between left ventricular electromechanical delay and the acute hemodynamic effect of right ventricular pacing was studied in heart failure patients with and without complete left bundle branch block. Whereas right ventricular pacing provided a shorter electromechanical delay that correlated with an improvement in left ventricular function in patients with left bundle branch block, the converse was observed in patients without left bundle branch block.
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- S Garrigue
- Department of Clinical Cardiac Pacing & Electrophysiology, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France
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Holt ND, Brady S, Dark JH, McComb JM. Exercise response of the recipient atrial remnant after orthotopic cardiac transplantation: implications for recipient atrial triggered pacing. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1998; 21:2331-7. [PMID: 9825343 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01177.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: 12/01/2022]
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The assumption that the recipient atrial remnant in the cardiac transplant recipient is normal has led to the suggestion that it is an appropriate trigger for permanent pacing in transplant recipients who need pacing or to restore chronotropic competence and/or mechanical synchrony of the composite atrium. We examined the chronotropic response to exercise in 12 orthotopic cardiac transplant recipients (mean age 49 years) at a mean time of 17 months posttransplantation. Recipient and donor atrial rates were noted and compared and chronotropic competence determined. Two of 12 recipient atrial remnants were in atrial fibrillation. Only six of the remaining 10 recipient atria exhibited chronotropic competence. Seven of 10 recipient atria had rates higher than that of the donor. Only four of ten recipient atria in sinus rhythm satisfied both criteria. Two of these had abnormally high atrial responses early into exercise. Of the remaining two, only one recipient atrial remnant demonstrated a > or = 20% increase in heart rate above that of the donor at peak exercise. Hence only 1 of 12 (8.3%) transplant recipients potentially could benefit from recipient atrial triggered pacing. While recipient atrial triggered pacing is an attractive theoretical concept for restoring chronotropic competence following orthotopic cardiac transplantation, it may rarely be practical because the recipient atrial remnant displays rhythm abnormalities, chronotropic incompetence, and abnormalities in its exercise response.
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- N D Holt
- Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Ohuchi H, Arakaki Y, Hiraumi Y, Tasato H, Kamiya T. Cardiorespiratory response during exercise in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease with and without a Fontan operation and in patients with congestive heart failure. Int J Cardiol 1998; 66:241-51. [PMID: 9874076 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5273(98)00249-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To clarify the different cardiorespiratory response to exercise in patients with congenital heart disease and patients with chronic congestive heart failure, we investigated the effect of a progressive exercise test in 30 patients aged 10 to 24 years, including 9 patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease (group A), 13 patients who had undergone a Fontan operation (group B), and 8 patients with reduced left ventricular function (group C), and 18 healthy controls (group D). There was no difference in peak oxygen uptake among patient groups and all group A, B, and C values were lower than those in group D (P<0.001). Although peak heart rate was lower in patient groups than in group D, heart rate at a given exercise intensity was highest in group C. The oxygen pulse (oxygen uptake divided by heart rate=stroke volume x arterial venous oxygen difference), as an indicator of stroke volume, was lower in patients groups, especially in group C, than in group D. There was no difference in tidal volume between groups A and D, but the respiratory rates at any given exercise intensity were higher in group A than in the other patient groups, thus minute ventilation and the ventilatory equivalent were highest in group A. The increased respiratory rate and low tidal volume in group C resulted in rapid and shallow respiration. There was no difference in exertional symptoms at peak exercise among the groups. In addition to impaired responses of stroke volume during exercise in patients with reduced exercise capacity, there was little limitation of increase in ventilation in group B and excessive ventilation in group A. The present results suggest that relationship between ventilatory and cardiac responses during exercise in patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease with and without a Fontan operation is different from the relationship in patients with chronic congestive heart failure; however, these pathological differences did not influence exertional symptoms.
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- H Ohuchi
- Department of Pediatrics, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Garrigue S, Chaix C, Gencel L, Jaïs P, Dartigues JF, Haïssaguerre M, Clémenty J. Scoring method for assessing rate adaptive pacemakers: application to two different activity sensors. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1998; 21:509-19. [PMID: 9558681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00092.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: 11/30/2022]
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To optimize programming of rate adaptive pacemakers (RAPs), we explored a new mathematical method to assess the performance of RAPs during daily-life tests, using customized Windows-based software. By stepwise discriminant analysis and linear regression, this method allows calculation of the acceleration and deceleration capacity of pacemakers and their general behavior during effort and recovery phases. Twenty-three patients (10 females and 13 males; 68 +/- 8 years) with chronic atrial fibrillation and a slow ventricular response were evaluated. They randomly received an accelerometer-controlled VVIR Dash Intermedics pacemaker (10 patients) or a vibration piezoelectric-controlled VVIR Sensolog III Siemens pacemaker (13 patients). All patients underwent the same test protocol: 6 minutes walking, 1.5 minutes climbing stairs, 1.5 minutes descending stairs, and 0.5 minutes sit-ups. By definition, the pacemaker responsiveness slope was programmed so that the heart rate response of paced patients during the walking test corresponded best to that of healthy controls. The slope was left unchanged for the other tests. We considered four scores: an acceleration score (EA score), an effort rate score (ER score), a deceleration score (RD score), and a recovery rate score (RR score). Scores ranged from -10 (hypochronotropic behavior of the pacemaker) to +10 (hyperchronotropic behavior), based on daily-life tests of 15 healthy controls (7 females and 8 males, 65 +/- 9 years). A score of 0 represented exact concordance with healthy controls. During stair descent, the Sensolog III produced excessive acceleration (EA score = +2.9 +/- 1.1) compared to: (1) stair climbing (EA score = -4.0 +/- 1.9; P = 0.01, with the same pacemakers); and (2) the Dash (+1.8 +/- 1.9; P = 0.04) and healthy controls (P = 0.02). The sit-up tests revealed a hypochronotropic response of both pacemakers compared to healthy controls, with a larger difference for the Sensolog III (EA score = -2.0 +/- 5.8; P = 0.04; RD score = -6.8 +/- 3.8' P = 0.02). We conclude that activity-driven pacemakers can accommodate brief activities, except for isovolumetric exercise such as sit-ups. During daily activities, accelerometer-driven pacemakers seem to provide a heart rate resoibse closer to that of healthy controls. Our new mathematical analysis is a simple and reproducible method for evaluating and quantifying the efficacy of any sensor-driven pacemaker.
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- S Garrigue
- Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, Pessac, France
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Ballal RS, Secknus MA, Mehta R, Kapadia S, Lauer MS, Marwick TH. Cardiac outcomes in coronary patients with submaximum dobutamine stress echocardiography. Am J Cardiol 1997; 80:725-9. [PMID: 9315577 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00503-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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This study evaluated the prediction of cardiac events (cardiac death, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, or late myocardial revascularization) in patients with submaximum responses to dobutamine stress, defined by attainment of <85% age-predicted heart rate. Of 1,772 patients undergoing dobutamine echocardiography over a 2-year period, 425 had a submaximum heart rate response. After exclusion of patients treated with beta-adrenoceptor blocking agents, 255 patients formed the study group. In these patients, the test was terminated after administration of the maximum dose of 40 microg/kg/min of dobutamine with atropine (end of protocol, n = 186), severe angina, ischemic ST-segment changes, or intolerable side effects (n = 69). Dobutamine-induced changes (ischemia, viability, or both) were detected in 46 patients, involving ischemia in 133 segments, viability in 23, and ischemia and viability in 16 segments. Patients were followed for an interval of 28 +/- 17 months; 5 (1.2%) were lost to follow-up. Of the medically treated patients, cardiac events occurred in 73 of 228 (31%), including cardiac death in 25 (11%), nonfatal myocardial infarction in 11 (4.8%), severe unstable angina in 35 (15%), and late revascularization in 2 (0.9%). Cardiac events occurred in 11 of 30 (36%) with inducible abnormalities, and 62 of 198 without inducible abnormalities (31%, p = NS). Thus, cardiac event rates are high in patients with inadequate chronotropic responses to dobutamine stress, irrespective of whether stress-induced changes are detected. A negative dobutamine echocardiogram at submaximum heart rate should be considered nondiagnostic.
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- R S Ballal
- Department of Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195, USA
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Knowledge of normal adjustment of heart rate and its response to exercise is essential for understanding and management of chronotropic incompetence. The autonomic nervous system plays an important role in the modulation of normal heart rate. Chronotropic responses of a normal heart to exercise are associated with parallel hemodynamic changes in order to meet the metabolic demand of the body. Determination of chronotropic incompetence is widely based on the assessment of maximal heart rate. However, maximal effort should always be confirmed before an attempt to measure a maximal heart rate is made.
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- A J Camm
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
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Fei L, Keeling PJ, Sadoul N, Copie X, Malik M, McKenna WJ, Camm AJ. Decreased heart rate variability in patients with congestive heart failure and chronotropic incompetence. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1996; 19:477-83. [PMID: 8848396 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1996.tb06519.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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UNLABELLED Heart rate variability was studied in 41 patients (aged 48 +/- 12 years) with congestive heart failure secondary to idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. All patients underwent a treadmill exercise test and 24-hour Holter ECG monitoring. Chronotropic incompetence was defined as the failure to achieve > or = 80% of the predicted maximal heart rate response given by 220--age (years) at peak exercise. Spectral heart rate variability was analyzed from 24-hour Holter ECGs and was expressed as total (0.01-1.00 Hz), low (0.04-0.15 Hz), and high (0.15-0.40 Hz) frequency components. The standard deviation of all normal RR intervals (SDNN) was also computed. Chronotropic incompetence was observed in ten patients. Peak oxygen consumption was significantly lower in patients with chronotropic incompetence compared with those without chronotropic incompetence. The total (5.11 +/- 1.26 ln [ms2] vs 6.41 +/- 0.92 ln [ms2]; P = 0.009) and low (3.38 +/- 1.65 ln [ms2] vs 5.45 +/- 1.34 ln [ms2]; P = 0.003), but not the high (3.42 +/- 1.04 ln [ms2] vs 4.00 +/- 1.12 ln [ms2]; P = 0.249) frequency components of heart rate variability were significantly lower in patients with chronotropic incompetence, although there was no significant difference in mean heart rate (88 +/- 20 beats/min vs 86 +/- 15 beats/min; P = 0.831) or left ventricular ejection fraction (22% +/- 10% vs 24% +/- 10%; P = 0.619). SDNN was also significantly lower in patients with chronotropic incompetence compared with those without chronotropic incompetence (64 +/- 34 ms vs 102 +/- 37 ms; P = 0.030). CONCLUSIONS The observation that heart rate variability is significantly decreased in patients with congestive heart failure who have chronotropic incompetence suggests that chronotropic incompetence may relate to an abnormal autonomic influence on the heart in these patients.
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- L Fei
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom
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Simantirakis E, Skalidis E, Parthenakis F, Chrysostomakis S, Manios E, Kochiadakis G, Vardas P. Impact of atrioventricular delay on heart rate variability of paced patients with and without heart failure. Int J Cardiol 1995; 52:235-9. [PMID: 8789182 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(95)02497-2] [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: 02/02/2023]
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The aim of the study was to investigate whether the optimisation of atrioventricular (AV) delay in patients with complete AV block, with or without heart failure, paced under VDD mode, has an effect on heart rate variability and consequently on the autonomic nervous system in these patients. We studied 10 patients (Group I: 7 men, aged 68 +/- 9 years) with normal left ventricular function and 9 patients (Group II: 6 men, aged 70 +/- 6 years) with systolic left ventricular dysfunction (NYHA heart failure Class II or III). Each patient was paced for 24 h with the optimal and 24 h with the worst AV delay in random order and ambulatory electrocardiograms (ECGs) (Marquette) were recorded. Spectral heart rate variability was analysed for each 24-h period on a Holter analysis system (Marquette Series 8000). The optimal and worst AV delay were determined by echo-Doppler as those which produced the greatest and least cardiac output, respectively. For the patients in Group I, there was no difference between the two AV delays as regards indices of heart rate variability. In contrast, for Group II the total frequency (TF) was significantly higher and the low frequency (LF) and LF/high frequency (HF) ratio were significantly lower when the patients were paced with optimum AV delay. Furthermore, this AV delay resulted in significantly higher mean NN and SD. In conclusion, in patients with normal left ventricular function, changes in AV delay do not appear to affect the activity of the autonomic nervous system in the heart. In patients with mild to moderate heart failure, optimisation of the AV delay causes a significant drop in sympathetic nervous tone.
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- E Simantirakis
- Cardiology Department, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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Hargreaves MR, Channon KM, Cripps TR, Gardner M, Ormerod OJ. Comparison of dual chamber and ventricular rate responsive pacing in patients over 75 with complete heart block. Heart 1995; 74:397-402. [PMID: 7488454 PMCID: PMC484046 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.74.4.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To compare symptoms and exercise tolerance during dual chamber universal (DDD) and ventricular rate response (VVIR) pacing in elderly (> or = 75) patients. DESIGN Randomised, double blind, crossover study. SETTING Regional cardiac department. PATIENTS Twenty elderly patients (mean age 80.5 (1) years) with high grade atrioventricular block and sinus rhythm. Patients with pre-existing risk factors for the pacemaker syndrome and chronotropic incompetence were excluded. INTERVENTION After four weeks of VVI pacing following pacemaker implantation, patients underwent consecutive two week periods of VVIR and DDD pacing. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient preference, symptom scores, "daily activity exercises," and perceived level of exercise (Borg score). RESULTS Eleven patients preferred DDD mode to either VVI or VVIR mode. Mean (SE) total symptom scores during VVI, VVIR, and DDD pacing were 5.9 (1.1), 6.1 (1.0), and 3.5 (0.9) respectively (P < 0.01). The corresponding mean (SE) pacemaker syndrome symptom scores were 4.8 (0.7), 5.2 (0.8), and 2.9 (0.8) (P < 0.05). Symptom scores during VVI and VVIR pacing were not significantly different. Exercise performance and Borg scores were significantly worse during VVI pacing compared with VVIR or DDD pacing but did not significantly differ between VVIR and DDD modes. CONCLUSIONS In active elderly patients with complete heart block both DDD and VVIR pacing are associated with improved exercise performance compared with fixed rate VVI pacing. The convenience and reduced cost of VVIR systems, however, may be offset by a higher incidence of the pacemaker syndrome. In elderly patients with complete heart block VVIR pacing results in suboptimal symptomatic benefit and should not be used instead of DDD pacing.
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BACKGROUND The exercise limitation of patients with chronic heart failure may be due in part to an inability to increase heart rate as normal, a limitation sometimes referred to as chronotropic incompetence. This may be due to down regulation of beta receptors. METHODS Fifty-seven patients with chronic heart failure and 14 age-matched controls underwent symptom limited treadmill exercise tests with metabolic gas exchange measurements. Heart rate and blood pressure responses were also recorded. RESULTS Peak oxygen consumption was reduced in the heart failure patients (19.6 (S.D. +/- 7.6) vs. 35.0 (+/- 9.9); P < 0.001). Heart rate at peak exercise (r = 0.47, P < 0.001), and change in heart rate from rest to peak exercise (r = 0.59; P < 0.001) and rate pressure product at peak exercise (r = 0.56, P < 0.001) all correlated with peak oxygen consumption. The percentage of predicted maximal heart rate at peak exercise correlated poorly with peak oxygen consumption (r = 0.29; P > 0.05). Peak systolic and diastolic blood pressures did not correlate with peak oxygen consumption. Sixteen patients had chronotropic incompetence. There was no significant difference between this group and those without chronotropic incompetence in the intensity of exercise performed, underlying diagnosis, drug therapy or prevalence of atrial fibrillation. There was a trend towards shorter exercise times in the incompetent group (430 (+/- 251) vs. 545 (+/- 216) s; P = 0.08) compared to the other patients. CONCLUSIONS Chronotropic incompetence was seen in < 30% of patients with chronic heart failure. However, there are few differences between the group with chronotropic incompetence and the group without. Chronotropic incompetence is thus unlikely to be a major factor limiting exercise capacity in unselected patients with chronic heart failure and is likely to be the major factor limiting exercise in a much smaller proportion of patients.
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- A L Clark
- Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK
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- S M Hardman
- University College London Hospitals and Medical School, UK
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