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Pachon-M J, Pachon E, Aksu T, Gopinathannair R, Kautzner J, Yao Y, Kusumoto F. Cardioneuroablation: where are we at? Heart Rhythm O2 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2023.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
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Celotto C, Sánchez C, Mountris KA, Laguna P, Pueyo E. Location of Parasympathetic Innervation Regions From Electrograms to Guide Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Therapy: An in silico Modeling Study. Front Physiol 2021; 12:674197. [PMID: 34456743 PMCID: PMC8385640 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.674197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) plays an essential role in the generation and maintenance of cardiac arrhythmias. The cardiac ANS can be divided into its extrinsic and intrinsic components, with the latter being organized in an epicardial neural network of interconnecting axons and clusters of autonomic ganglia called ganglionated plexi (GPs). GP ablation has been associated with a decreased risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence, but the accurate location of GPs is required for ablation to be effective. Although GP stimulation triggers both sympathetic and parasympathetic ANS branches, a predominance of parasympathetic activity has been shown. This study aims was to develop a method to locate atrial parasympathetic innervation sites based on measurements from a grid of electrograms (EGMs). Electrophysiological models representative of non-AF, paroxysmal AF (PxAF), and persistent AF (PsAF) tissues were developed. Parasympathetic effects were modeled by increasing the concentration of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (ACh) in randomly distributed circles across the tissue. Different circle sizes of ACh and fibrosis geometries were considered, accounting for both uniform diffuse and non-uniform diffuse fibrosis. Computational simulations were performed, from which unipolar EGMs were computed in a 16 × 1 6 electrode mesh. Different distances of the electrodes to the tissue (0.5, 1, and 2 mm) and noise levels with signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values of 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 dB were tested. The amplitude of the atrial EGM repolarization wave was found to be representative of the presence or absence of ACh release sites, with larger positive amplitudes indicating that the electrode was placed over an ACh region. Statistical analysis was performed to identify the optimal thresholds for the identification of ACh sites. In all non-AF, PxAF, and PsAF tissues, the repolarization amplitude rendered successful identification. The algorithm performed better in the absence of fibrosis or when fibrosis was uniformly diffuse, with a mean accuracy of 0.94 in contrast with a mean accuracy of 0.89 for non-uniform diffuse fibrotic cases. The algorithm was robust against noise and worked for the tested ranges of electrode-to-tissue distance. In conclusion, the results from this study support the feasibility to locate atrial parasympathetic innervation sites from the amplitude of repolarization wave.
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- Chiara Celotto
- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research-I3A-, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
- CIBER in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research-I3A-, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
- CIBER in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research-I3A-, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
- CIBER in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research-I3A-, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
- CIBER in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Aragon Institute of Engineering Research-I3A-, University of Zaragoza, IIS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
- CIBER in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine, Zaragoza, Spain
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Sultan A, Jacobson M, Adeghate E, Oulhaj A, Shafiullah M, Qureshi A, Howarth FC. Effects of obesity and diabesity on heart rhythm in the Zucker rat. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2021; 48:735-747. [PMID: 33609055 DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.13473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus are risk factors for hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation, heart failure and sudden cardiac death. The effects of obesity and diabesity on heart rhythm were investigated in the Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) and Zucker fatty (ZF) compared to the Zucker lean (ZL) control rat. In vivo biotelemetry techniques were used to assess the electrocardiogram and other cardiac and metabolic parameters. ZDF rats were characterized by age-dependent elevations in fasting and non-fasting blood glucose, glucose intolerance and weight gain and ZF rats were characterized by smaller elevations in fasting and non-fasting blood glucose and greater weight gain compared to ZL rats. Heart rate (HR) was progressively reduced in ZDF, ZF and ZL rats. At 195 days (6.5 months) of age there were significant differences in HR between ZDF (265 ± 8 bpm, n = 10), ZF (336 ± 9 bpm, n = 10) and ZL (336 ± 10 bpm, n = 10) rats and significant differences in HRV between ZDF (22 ± 1 bpm, n = 10), ZF (27 ± 1 bpm, n = 10) and ZL (31 ± 1 bpm, n = 10) rats. Power spectral analysis revealed no significant (P > 0.05) differences in HRV at low frequencies, reduced HRV at high frequencies and increased sympathovagal balance in ZDF compared to ZF and ZL rats. HR was reduced by ageing and additionally reduced by diabesity in the absence of changes in physical activity and body temperature. Reductions in HRV associated with altered sympathovagal drive might partly underlie disturbed HR in the ZDF rat. Possible explanations for reduced HR and future mechanistic studies are discussed.
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- Ahmed Sultan
- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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- Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE
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Okishige K, Hirao T, Oda A, Shigeta T, A Nakamura R, Tachibana S, Yamauchi Y, Sasano T, Hirao K. Vagal Reactions During Laser Balloon Ablation in Patients with Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation. Int Heart J 2021; 62:298-304. [PMID: 33731524 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.20-530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Radiofrequency and cryoballoon applications around the pulmonary veins (PVs) could provoke a vagal reflex (VR) by modulating the intrinsic cardiac autonomic nervous system (ICANS).This study aimed to investigate the incidence, timing, and clinical impact of a VR provoked by a laser balloon application for a PV isolation (PVI).A total of 92 consecutive paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) patients underwent a laser balloon PVI of PAF. Acute changes in the heart rate and blood pressure were recorded. The heart rate variability (HRV) was tested by Holter ECGs before and at three months following the ablation. Three hundred forty-five out of 363 PVs were successfully isolated (97%) with laser balloon applications. A VR such as sinus bradycardia (26.1%), transient sinus arrest (9.8%), transient atrioventricular block (1.1%), or a blood pressure reduction (8.7%) was observed during the laser balloon applications for the PVI. The follow-up ended at 12 months. The HRV attenuation was comparable before and at three months after the ablation procedure between that with and without a VR (P = 0.14). The PAF recurrence rate was also comparable between the two groups (P = 0.882).The laser balloon PVI often provoked a VR, however, the modulation of the ICANS was temporary and for up to three months as measured by the HRV changes after the ablation, and the freedom from any atrial fibrillation recurrence was comparable regardless of the occurrence of a VR.
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- Kaoru Okishige
- Heart Center, Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital
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- Heart Center, Japan Red Cross Yokohama City Bay Hospital
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- Arrhythmia Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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- Arrhythmia Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
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Goldberger JJ, Arora R, Buckley U, Shivkumar K. Autonomic Nervous System Dysfunction: JACC Focus Seminar. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020; 73:1189-1206. [PMID: 30871703 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2018.12.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Autonomic nervous system control of the heart is a dynamic process in both health and disease. A multilevel neural network is responsible for control of chronotropy, lusitropy, dromotropy, and inotropy. Intrinsic autonomic dysfunction arises from diseases that directly affect the autonomic nerves, such as diabetes mellitus and the syndromes of primary autonomic failure. Extrinsic autonomic dysfunction reflects the changes in autonomic function that are secondarily induced by cardiac or other disease. An array of tests interrogate various aspects of cardiac autonomic control in either resting conditions or with physiological perturbations from resting conditions. The prognostic significance of these assessments have been well established. Clinical usefulness has not been established, and the precise mechanistic link to mortality is less well established. Further efforts are required to develop optimal approaches to delineate cardiac autonomic dysfunction and its adverse effects to develop tools that can be used to guide clinical decision-making.
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- Jeffrey J Goldberger
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
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- Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
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- Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and Neurocardiology Research Center of Excellence, University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
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Jungen C, Scherschel K, Flenner F, Jee H, Rajendran P, De Jong KA, Nikolaev V, Meyer C, Ardell JL, Tompkins JD. Increased arrhythmia susceptibility in type 2 diabetic mice related to dysregulation of ventricular sympathetic innervation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2019; 317:H1328-H1341. [PMID: 31625779 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00249.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have a greater risk of developing life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Because the underlying mechanisms and potential influence of diabetic autonomic neuropathy are not well understood, we aimed to assess the relevance of a dysregulation in cardiac autonomic tone. Ventricular arrhythmia susceptibility was increased in Langendorff-perfused hearts isolated from mice with T2DM (db/db). Membrane properties and synaptic transmission were similar at cardiac postganglionic parasympathetic neurons from diabetic and control mice; however, a greater asynchronous neurotransmitter release was present at sympathetic postganglionic neurons from the stellate ganglia of db/db mice. Western blot analysis showed a reduction of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) from the ventricles of db/db mice, which was confirmed with confocal imaging as a heterogeneous loss of TH-immunoreactivity from the left ventricular wall but not the apex. In vivo stimulation of cardiac parasympathetic (vagus) or cardiac sympathetic (stellate ganglion) nerves induced similar changes in heart rate in control and db/db mice, and the kinetics of pacing-induced Ca2+ transients (recorded from isolated cardiomyocytes) were similar in control and db/db cells. Antagonism of cardiac muscarinic receptors did not affect the frequency or severity of arrhythmias in db/db mice, but sympathetic blockade with propranolol completely inhibited arrhythmogenicity. Collectively, these findings suggest that the increased ventricular arrhythmia susceptibility of type 2 diabetic mouse hearts is due to dysregulation of the sympathetic ventricular control.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have greater risk of suffering from sudden cardiac death. We found that the increased ventricular arrhythmia susceptibility in type 2 diabetic mouse hearts is due to cardiac sympathetic dysfunction. Sympathetic dysregulation is indicated by an increased asynchronous release at stellate ganglia, a heterogeneous loss of tyrosine hydroxylase from the ventricular wall but not apex, and inhibition of ventricular arrhythmias in db/db mice after β-sympathetic blockade.
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- Christiane Jungen
- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Centre, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- University of California, Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Neurocardiology Research Program of Excellence, Department of Medicine-Cardiology, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California, Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Neurocardiology Research Program of Excellence, Department of Medicine-Cardiology, Los Angeles, California
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany.,Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cNEP, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology research group, University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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- University of California, Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Neurocardiology Research Program of Excellence, Department of Medicine-Cardiology, Los Angeles, California
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- University of California, Los Angeles Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Neurocardiology Research Program of Excellence, Department of Medicine-Cardiology, Los Angeles, California
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Romero J, Avendano R, Diaz JC, Taveras J, Lupercio F, Di Biase L. Is it safe to stop oral anticoagulation after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation? Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2018; 17:31-41. [DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2019.1550718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Jorge Romero
- Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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Herzig D, Asatryan B, Brugger N, Eser P, Wilhelm M. The Association Between Endurance Training and Heart Rate Variability: The Confounding Role of Heart Rate. Front Physiol 2018; 9:756. [PMID: 29971016 PMCID: PMC6018465 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Heart rate variability (HRV) is a widely used marker of cardiac autonomic nervous activity (CANA). Changes in HRV with exercise training have often been interpreted as increases in vagal activity. HRV is strongly associated with heart rate, which in turn, is associated with heart size. There is strong evidence from basic studies that lower heart rate in response to exercise training is caused by morphological and electrical remodeling of the heart. In a cross-sectional study in participants of a 10 mile race, we investigated the influence of endurance exercise on HRV parameters independently of heart size and heart rate. One-hundred-and-seventy-two runners (52 females and 120 males) ranging from novice runners with a first participation to an endurance event to highly trained runners, with up to 15 h of training per week, were included in the analysis. R-R intervals were recorded by electrocardiography over 24 h. Left ventricular end diastolic volume indexed to body surface area (LVEDVI) was assessed by transthoracic echocardiography and peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) by cardiopulmonary exercise testing. Exercise was quantified by VO2peak, training volume, and race performance. HRV was determined during deep sleep. HRV markers of vagal activity were moderately associated with exercise variables (standardized β = 0.28-0.40, all p < 0.01). These associations disappeared when controlling for heart rate and LVEDVI. Due to the intrinsic association between heart rate and HRV, conclusions based on HRV parameters do not necessarily reflect differences in CANA. Based on current evidence, we discourage the use of HRV as a marker of CANA when measuring the effect of chronic exercise.
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- David Herzig
- University Clinic for Cardiology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Bárta J, Brát R. Assessment of the effect of left atrial cryoablation enhanced by ganglionated plexi ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing open heart surgery. J Cardiothorac Surg 2017; 12:69. [PMID: 28818088 PMCID: PMC5561587 DOI: 10.1186/s13019-017-0625-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of our study was to investigate, whether enhancement of left atrial cryoablation by ablation of the autonomic nervous system of left atrium leads to influencing the outcomes of surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation in patients with structural heart disease undergoing open-heart surgery. METHODS The observed patient file consisted of 100 patients, who have undergone a combined open-heart surgery at our department between July 2012 and December 2014. The patients were indicated for the surgical procedure due to structural heart disease, and suffered from paroxysmal, persistent, or long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. In all cases, left atrial cryoablation was performed in the extent of isolation of pulmonary veins, box lesion, connecting lesion with mitral annulus, amputation of the left atrial appendage and connecting lesion of the appendage base with left pulmonary veins. Furthermore, 35 of the patients underwent mapping and radiofrequency ablation of ganglionated plexi, together with discision and ablation of the ligament of Marshall (Group GP). A control group was consisted of 65 patients without ganglionated plexi intervention (Group LA). The main primary outcome was establishment and duration of sinus rhythm in the course of one-year follow-up. RESULTS Evaluation of the number of patients with a normal sinus rhythm in per cent has shown comparable values in both groups (Group GP - 93.75%, Group LA - 86.67%, p = 0.485); comparable results were also observed in patients with normal sinus rhythm without anti-arrhythmic treatment in the 12th month (Group GP - 50%, Group LA - 47%, p = 0.306). We have not observed any relation between the recurrence of atrial fibrillation and the presence of a mitral valve surgery, or between the presence of a mitral and tricuspid valves surgery and between the left atrial diameter > 50 mm. CONCLUSIONS Enhancement of left atrial cryoablation by gangionated plexi ablation did not influence the outcomes of surgical ablation due to atrial fibrillation in our population in the course of 12-month follow-up. TRIAL REGISTRATION The study was approved retrospectively by the Ethics Committee of the University Hospital Ostrava ( reference number 867/2016).
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- Jiří Bárta
- Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Ostrava, 17.listopadu 1790, 708 52, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic.
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- Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Ostrava, 17.listopadu 1790, 708 52, Ostrava-Poruba, Czech Republic
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Systolic blood pressure but not electrocardiogram QRS duration is associated with heart rate variability (HRV): a cross-sectional study in rural Australian non-diabetics. Clin Hypertens 2017; 23:9. [PMID: 28469934 PMCID: PMC5412031 DOI: 10.1186/s40885-017-0065-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A positive correlation between ECG derived QRS duration and heart rate variability (HRV) parameters had previously been reported in young healthy adults. We note this study used a narrow QRS duration range, and did not adjust for systolic blood pressure. Our aims are to investigate associations between systolic blood pressure (SBP), QRS duration and HRV in a rural aging population. METHODS A retrospective cross sectional population was obtained from the CSU Diabetes Screening Research Initiative data base where 200 participants had no diabetes or pre-diabetes. SBP data were matched with ECG derived QRS duration and HRV parameters. HRV parameters were calculated from R-R intervals. Resting 12-lead electrocardiograms were obtained from each subject using a Welch Allyn PC-Based ECG system. RESULTS Pearson correlation analysis revealed no statistically significant associations between HRV parameters and QRS duration. No significant mean differences in HRV parameter subgroups across defined QRS cut-offs were found. SBP > 146 mmHg was associated with increasing QRS durations, however this association disappeared once models were adjusted for age and gender. SBP was also significantly associated with a number of HRV parameters using Pearson correlation analysis, including high frequency (HF) (p < 0.05), HFln (p < 0.02), RMSDD (p < 0.02) and non-linear parameters; ApEN (p < 0.001) were negatively correlated with increasing SBP while the low frequency to high frequency ratio (LF/HF) increased with increasing SBP (p < 0.03). CONCLUSIONS Our results do not support associations between ECG derived R-R derived HRV parameters and QRS duration in aging populations. We suggest that ventricular conduction as determined by QRS duration is independent of variations in SA-node heart rate variability.
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Jungen C, Scherschel K, Eickholt C, Kuklik P, Klatt N, Bork N, Salzbrunn T, Alken F, Angendohr S, Klene C, Mester J, Klöcker N, Veldkamp MW, Schumacher U, Willems S, Nikolaev VO, Meyer C. Disruption of cardiac cholinergic neurons enhances susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14155. [PMID: 28128201 PMCID: PMC5290156 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The parasympathetic nervous system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation. Catheter ablation, a minimally invasive procedure deactivating abnormal firing cardiac tissue, is increasingly becoming the therapy of choice for atrial fibrillation. This is inevitably associated with the obliteration of cardiac cholinergic neurons. However, the impact on ventricular electrophysiology is unclear. Here we show that cardiac cholinergic neurons modulate ventricular electrophysiology. Mechanical disruption or pharmacological blockade of parasympathetic innervation shortens ventricular refractory periods, increases the incidence of ventricular arrhythmia and decreases ventricular cAMP levels in murine hearts. Immunohistochemistry confirmed ventricular cholinergic innervation, revealing parasympathetic fibres running from the atria to the ventricles parallel to sympathetic fibres. In humans, catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation, which is accompanied by accidental parasympathetic and concomitant sympathetic denervation, raises the burden of premature ventricular complexes. In summary, our results demonstrate an influence of cardiac cholinergic neurons on the regulation of ventricular function and arrhythmogenesis. Catheter ablation is a common therapy for atrial fibrillation but disrupts cardiac cholinergic neurons. Here the authors report that cholinergic neurons innervate heart ventricles and show that their ablation leads to increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in mouse models and in patients.
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- Christiane Jungen
- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Neural and Sensory Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Anatomy and Experimental Morphology, University Cancer Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Experimental Cardiovascular Research, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology-Electrophysiology, cardiac Neuro- and Electrophysiology Research Group (cNEP), University Heart Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany.,DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, 13347 Berlin, Germany
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I-123-Metaiodobenzylguanidine imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac mapping and ablation of autonomic ganglia. Heart Rhythm 2017; 14:128-132. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.08.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Gelsomino S, Lozekoot P, La Meir M, Lorusso R, Lucà F, Rostagno C, Renzulli A, Parise O, Matteucci F, Gensini GF, Crjins HJGM, Maessen JG. Is ganglionated plexi ablation during Maze IV procedure beneficial for postoperative long-term stable sinus rhythm? Int J Cardiol 2015; 192:40-8. [PMID: 25985014 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.04.259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2015] [Revised: 04/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated the role of surgical ablation targeting the autonomous nervous system during a Cox-Maze IV procedure in the maintenance of sinus rhythm at long-term follow-up. METHODS The patient population consisted of 519 subjects with persistent or long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing radiofrequency Maze IV during open heart surgery between January 2006 and July 2013 at three institutions without (Group 1) or with (Group 2) ganglionated plexi (GP) ablation. Recurrence of atrial fibrillation off-antiarrhythmic drugs was the primary outcome. Predictors of AF recurrence were evaluated by means of competing risk regression. Median follow-up was 36.7 months. RESULTS The percentage of patients in normal sinus rhythm (NSR) off-antiarrhythmic drugs did not differ between groups (Group 1-75.5%, Group 2-67.8%, p = 0.08). Duration of AF ≥ 38 months (p = 0.01), left atrial diameter ≥ 54 mm (0.001), left atrial area ≥ 33 cm(2) (p = 0.005), absence of connecting lesions (p= 0.04), and absence of right atrial ablation (p < 0.001) were independently associated with high incidence of AF recurrence. In contrast the absence of GP ablation was not a significant factor (p = 0.12). CONCLUSIONS GP ablation did not prove to be beneficial for postoperative stable NSR. A complete left atrial lesion set and biatrial ablation are advisable for improving rhythm outcomes. Randomized controlled trials are necessary to confirm our findings.
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- Sandro Gelsomino
- University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands; Careggi Hospital, Florence Italy.
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- University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands; Careggi Hospital, Florence Italy
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- University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands; Careggi Hospital, Florence Italy
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- University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands; Careggi Hospital, Florence Italy
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Moss E, Cardinal R, Yin Y, Pagé P. Biatrial neuroablation attenuates atrial remodeling and vulnerability to atrial fibrillation in canine chronic rapid atrial pacing. Auton Neurosci 2015; 189:43-9. [PMID: 25746009 DOI: 10.1016/j.autneu.2015.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS We investigated the proposition that an intact cardiac nervous system may contribute to electrophysiological remodeling and increased vulnerability to atrial fibrillation (AF) following chronic rapid atrial pacing (RAP). METHODS AND RESULTS Baseline study was conducted prior to ablating right and left ganglionated plexuses (RAGP, LAGP) in 11 anesthetized canines (Neuroablation group) and in 11 canines without neuroablation (Intact GP). After being subjected to RAP (400 beats/min) for 6 weeks, animals were reanesthetized for terminal study. The ERP shortening typical of chronic RAP was significantly more pronounced in the Intact GP (baseline: 112 ± 12 to terminal: 80 ± 11 ms) than in the Neuroablation group (113 ± 18 to 102 ± 21 ms, p < .001), and AF inducibility (extrastimulus protocol) showed significantly greater increment in the Intact GP (baseline: 23 ± 19% to terminal: 60 ± 17% of trials) than in the Neuroablation group (18 ± 15% to 27 ± 17%, p = 0.029). Negative chronotropic responses to right vagus nerve stimulation were markedly reduced immediately after the neuroablation procedure but had recovered at terminal study. Vagally-evoked repolarization changes (from 191 unipolar electrograms) occurred in a majority of Intact GP animals in the superior, middle and inferior RA free wall, and in the LA appendage. In the Neuroablation group, repolarization changes were restricted to the superior RA free wall but none occurred in the inferior RA and only infrequently in the LA appendage, yielding significantly smaller affected areas in Neuroablation than in Intact GP animals. CONCLUSION Persistent functional denervation in LA and RA regions other than RA pacemaker areas may contribute to prevent the development of a tachycardia-dependent AF substrate.
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- Emmanuel Moss
- Centre de recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre de recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; Department of Pharmacology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Centre de recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Centre de recherche, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal, Montréal, Canada; Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
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Li S, Ma K, Hu S, Hua Z, Yan J, Pang K, Wang X, Yan F, Liu J, Zhang S, Chen Q. Biventricular repair for double outlet right ventricle with non-committed ventricular septal defect. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2015; 48:580-7; discussion 587. [DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezu523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Yaniv Y, Ahmet I, Liu J, Lyashkov AE, Guiriba TR, Okamoto Y, Ziman BD, Lakatta EG. Synchronization of sinoatrial node pacemaker cell clocks and its autonomic modulation impart complexity to heart beating intervals. Heart Rhythm 2014; 11:1210-9. [PMID: 24713624 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND A reduction of complexity of heart beating interval variability that is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular disease states is thought to derive from the balance of sympathetic and parasympathetic neural impulses to the heart. However, rhythmic clocklike behavior intrinsic to pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node (SAN) drives their beating, even in the absence of autonomic neural input. OBJECTIVE To test how this rhythmic clocklike behavior intrinsic to pacemaker cells interacts with autonomic impulses to the heart beating interval variability in vivo. METHODS We analyzed beating interval variability in time and frequency domains and by fractal and entropy analyses: (1) in vivo, when the brain input to the SAN is intact; (2) during autonomic denervation in vivo; (3) in isolated SAN tissue (ie, in which the autonomic neural input is completely absent); (4) in single pacemaker cells isolated from the SAN; and (5) after autonomic receptor stimulation of these cells. RESULTS Spontaneous beating intervals of pacemaker cells residing in the isolated SAN tissue exhibit fractal-like behavior and have lower approximate entropy compared with those in the intact heart. Isolation of pacemaker cells from SAN tissue, however, leads to a loss in the beating interval order and fractal-like behavior. β-Adrenergic receptor stimulation of isolated pacemaker cells increases intrinsic clock synchronization, decreases their action potential period, and increases system complexity. CONCLUSIONS Both the average beating interval in vivo and beating interval complexity are conferred by the combined effects of clock periodicity intrinsic to pacemaker cells and their response to autonomic neural input.
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- Yael Yaniv
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel.
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Cardiovascular Physiology Laboratory, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Interventional treatment of ventricular tachycardia and electrical storm: From ablation of substrate and triggers to autonomic modulation by renal denervation. Heart Rhythm 2014; 11:547-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Boudreau P, Yeh WH, Dumont GA, Boivin DB. Circadian variation of heart rate variability across sleep stages. Sleep 2013; 36:1919-28. [PMID: 24293767 PMCID: PMC3825442 DOI: 10.5665/sleep.3230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Nocturnal cardiovascular events are more frequent at the beginning and end of the night. It was proposed that this pattern reflects the nocturnal distribution of sleep and sleep stages. Using heart rate variability (HRV), we recently showed an interaction between the circadian system and vigilance states on the regulation of cardiac rhythmicity. Here, we further investigate this interaction in order to clarify the specific effects of sleep stages on the regulation of the heart. DESIGN Participants underwent a 72-h ultradian sleep-wake cycle procedure in time isolation consisting of alternating 60-min wake episodes in dim light and 60-min nap opportunities in total darkness. SETTING Time isolation suite. PATIENTS OR PARTICIPANTS Fifteen healthy young participants; two were subsequently excluded. INTERVENTIONS N/A. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS The current study revealed that sleep onset and progression to deeper sleep stages was associated with a shift toward greater parasympathetic modulation, whereas rapid eye movement (REM) sleep was associated with a shift toward greater sympathetic modulation. We found a circadian rhythm of heart rate (HR) and high-frequency power during wakefulness and all non-REM sleep stages. A significant circadian rhythm of HR and sympathovagal balance of the heart was also observed during REM sleep. During slow wave sleep, maximal parasympathetic modulation was observed at ∼02:00, whereas during REM sleep, maximal sympathetic modulation occurred in the early morning. CONCLUSION The circadian and sleep stage-specific effects on heart rate variability are clinically relevant and contribute to the understanding of the degree of cardiovascular vulnerability during sleep.
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- Philippe Boudreau
- Centre for Study and Treatment of Circadian Rhythms, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Centre for Study and Treatment of Circadian Rhythms, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
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- Centre for Study and Treatment of Circadian Rhythms, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Yaniv Y, Lyashkov AE, Lakatta EG. The fractal-like complexity of heart rate variability beyond neurotransmitters and autonomic receptors: signaling intrinsic to sinoatrial node pacemaker cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 2. [PMID: 26709383 DOI: 10.4172/2329-6607.1000111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The heart rate and rhythm are controlled by complex chaotic neural, chemical and hormonal networks which are not strictly regular, but exhibit fluctuations across multiple time scales. A careful assessment of the heart rate variability (HRV) offers clues to this complexity. A reduction in HRV, specifically in advanced age, is associated with increase in morbidity and mortality. Mechanisms that induce this decrease, however, have not been fully elucidated. The classical literature characterizes changes in HRV as a result of changes in the balance of competing influences of the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic impulses delivered to the heart. It has now become clear, however, that the heart rate and HRV are also determined by intrinsic properties of the pacemaker cells that comprise sinoatrial node, and that these properties respond to autonomic receptor stimulation in a non-linear mode. That HRV is determined by both the intrinsic properties of pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node and the competing influences of the two branches of the autonomic neural input to the cells requires an expansion of our perspective about mechanisms that govern HRV in the normal heart, and how HRV changes with aging in health and in heart diseases.
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- Yael Yaniv
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 733 North Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Biomedical Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Autonomic testing is used to define the role of the autonomic nervous system in diverse clinical and research settings. Because most of the autonomic nervous system is inaccessible to direct physiological testing, in the clinical setting the most widely used techniques entail the assessment of an end-organ response to a physiological provocation. The noninvasive measures of cardiovascular parasympathetic function involve the assessment of heart rate variability while the measures of cardiovascular sympathetic function assess the blood pressure response to physiological stimuli. Tilt-table testing, with or without pharmacological provocation, has become an important tool in the assessment of a predisposition to neurally mediated (vasovagal) syncope, the postural tachycardia syndrome, and orthostatic hypotension. Distal, postganglionic, sympathetic cholinergic (sudomotor) function may be evaluated by provoking axon reflex mediated sweating, e.g., the quantitative sudomotor axon reflex (QSART) or the quantitative direct and indirect axon reflex (QDIRT). The thermoregulatory sweat test provides a nonlocalizing measure of global pre- and postganglionic sudomotor function. Frequency domain analyses of heart rate and blood pressure variability, microneurography, and baroreflex assessment are currently research tools but may find a place in the clinical assessment of autonomic function in the future.
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- Roy Freeman
- Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Muralikrishnan K, Balakrishnan B, Balasubramanian K, Visnegarawla F. Measurement of the effect of Isha Yoga on cardiac autonomic nervous system using short-term heart rate variability. J Ayurveda Integr Med 2012; 3:91-6. [PMID: 22707866 PMCID: PMC3371565 DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.96528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 04/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background: Beneficial effects of Yoga have been postulated to be due to modulation of the autonomic nervous system. Objective: To assess the effect of Isha Yoga practices on cardiovascular autonomic nervous system through short-term heart rate variability (HRV). Design of the Study: Short-term HRV of long-term regular healthy 14 (12 males and 2 females) Isha Yoga practitioners was compared with that of age- and gender-matched 14 (12 males and 2 females) non-Yoga practitioners. Methods and Materials: ECG Lead II and respiratory movements were recorded in both groups using Polyrite during supine rest for 5 min and controlled deep breathing for 1 minute. Frequency domain analysis [RR interval is the mean of distance between subsequent R wave peaks in ECG], low frequency (LF) power, high frequency (HF) power, LF normalized units (nu), HF nu, LF/HF ratio] and time domain analysis [Standard Deviation of normal to normal interval (SDNN), square of mean squared difference of successive normal to normal intervals (RMSSD), normal to normal intervals which are differing by 50 ms (NN50), and percentage of NN50 (pNN50)] of HRV variables were analyzed for supine rest. Time domain analysis was recorded for deep breathing. Results: Results showed statistically significant differences between Isha Yoga practitioners and controls in both frequency and time domain analyses of HRV indices, with no difference in resting heart rate between the groups. Conclusions: Practitioners of Isha Yoga showed well-balanced beneficial activity of vagal efferents, an overall increased HRV, and sympathovagal balance, compared to non-Yoga practitioners during supine rest and deep breathing.
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Lemery R. Trials and tribulations of stimulating human cardiac ganglia for autonomic intervention. Heart Rhythm 2012; 9:1393-4. [PMID: 22659212 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Chang WD, Lin HY, Lai PT. Comparison of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variability in Saunders Cervical Traction at Three Different Forces. J Phys Ther Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1589/jpts.24.509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, I-Shou University
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Da Chien General Hospital
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Inflammation abnormalities and inducibility of atrial fibrillation after epicardial ganglionated plexi ablation. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2011; 104:227-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Revised: 01/30/2011] [Accepted: 01/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The methods used to assess cardiac parasympathetic (cardiovagal) activity and its effects on the heart in both humans and animal models are reviewed. Heart rate (HR)-based methods include measurements of the HR response to blockade of muscarinic cholinergic receptors (parasympathetic tone), beat-to-beat HR variability (HRV) (parasympathetic modulation), rate of post-exercise HR recovery (parasympathetic reactivation), and reflex-mediated changes in HR evoked by activation or inhibition of sensory (afferent) nerves. Sources of excitatory afferent input that increase cardiovagal activity and decrease HR include baroreceptors, chemoreceptors, trigeminal receptors, and subsets of cardiopulmonary receptors with vagal afferents. Sources of inhibitory afferent input include pulmonary stretch receptors with vagal afferents and subsets of visceral and somatic receptors with spinal afferents. The different methods used to assess cardiovagal control of the heart engage different mechanisms, and therefore provide unique and complementary insights into underlying physiology and pathophysiology. In addition, techniques for direct recording of cardiovagal nerve activity in animals; the use of decerebrate and in vitro preparations that avoid confounding effects of anesthesia; cardiovagal control of cardiac conduction, contractility, and refractoriness; and noncholinergic mechanisms are described. Advantages and limitations of the various methods are addressed, and future directions are proposed.
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- Mark W Chapleau
- The Cardiovascular Center and Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Sales MM, Campbell CSG, Morais PK, Ernesto C, Soares-Caldeira LF, Russo P, Motta DF, Moreira SR, Nakamura FY, Simões HG. Noninvasive method to estimate anaerobic threshold in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2011; 3:1. [PMID: 21226946 PMCID: PMC3033241 DOI: 10.1186/1758-5996-3-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND While several studies have identified the anaerobic threshold (AT) through the responses of blood lactate, ventilation and blood glucose others have suggested the response of the heart rate variability (HRV) as a method to identify the AT in young healthy individuals. However, the validity of HRV in estimating the lactate threshold (LT) and ventilatory threshold (VT) for individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) has not been investigated yet. AIM To analyze the possibility of identifying the heart rate variability threshold (HRVT) by considering the responses of parasympathetic indicators during incremental exercise test in type 2 diabetics subjects (T2D) and non diabetics individuals (ND). METHODS Nine T2D (55.6 ± 5.7 years, 83.4 ± 26.6 kg, 30.9 ± 5.2 kg.m2(-1)) and ten ND (50.8 ± 5.1 years, 76.2 ± 14.3 kg, 26.5 ± 3.8 kg.m2(-1)) underwent to an incremental exercise test (IT) on a cycle ergometer. Heart rate (HR), rate of perceived exertion (RPE), blood lactate and expired gas concentrations were measured at the end of each stage. HRVT was identified through the responses of root mean square successive difference between adjacent R-R intervals (RMSSD) and standard deviation of instantaneous beat-to-beat R-R interval variability (SD1) by considering the last 60 s of each incremental stage, and were known as HRVT by RMSSD and SD1 (HRVT-RMSSD and HRVT-SD1), respectively. RESULTS No differences were observed within groups for the exercise intensities corresponding to LT, VT, HRVT-RMSSD and HHVT-SD1. Furthermore, a strong relationship were verified among the studied parameters both for T2D (r = 0.68 to 0.87) and ND (r = 0.91 to 0.98) and the Bland & Altman technique confirmed the agreement among them. CONCLUSION The HRVT identification by the proposed autonomic indicators (SD1 and RMSSD) were demonstrated to be valid to estimate the LT and VT for both T2D and ND.
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- Marcelo M Sales
- Graduate program in Physical Education of the Catholic University of Brasilia, Águas Claras, Taguatinga-DF, 72022-900, Brazil
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- Graduate program in Physical Education of the Catholic University of Brasilia, Águas Claras, Taguatinga-DF, 72022-900, Brazil
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- Graduate program in Physical Education of the Catholic University of Brasilia, Águas Claras, Taguatinga-DF, 72022-900, Brazil
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- Graduate program in Physical Education of the Catholic University of Brasilia, Águas Claras, Taguatinga-DF, 72022-900, Brazil
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- Physical Education Faculty of the North University of Parana, Paris avenue, 675, Jardim Piza - Londrina - Paraná, 86041-120, Brazil
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- Physical Education Faculty of the Federal Institute of Roraima, Capitão Júlio Bezerra avenue, 1392, Aparecida, Boa Vista - Roraíma, 69303-340, Brazil
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- Departament of Physiology and Biophysics - Federal University of Minas Gerais, Antônio Carlos avenue, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte - Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Brazil
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- Physical Education Faculty of the Federal University of Vale do São Francisco, José de Sá Maniçoba avenue, Center, Petrolina - Pernambuco, 56304-205, Brazil
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- Graduate program in Physical Education of the State University of Londrina, Celso Garcia Cid highway, 380 kilometer, Londrina - Paraná, 86051-980, Brazil
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- Graduate program in Physical Education of the Catholic University of Brasilia, Águas Claras, Taguatinga-DF, 72022-900, Brazil
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XIA YANG, ZHAO WEI, YANG ZHIJIAN, ZHANG JIAYOU, ZHAO LIANG, GU XINGJIAN, ZHAO XUE, LÜ FEI, WU ZONGGUI, LIAO DENING. Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Fat Pads Attenuates Bezold-Jarisch Reflex in Dogs. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2010; 22:573-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2010.01922.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Zhao QY, Huang H, Zhang SD, Tang YH, Wang X, Zhang YG, Salim M, Okello E, Deng HP, Yu SB, Huang CX. Atrial autonomic innervation remodelling and atrial fibrillation inducibility after epicardial ganglionic plexi ablation. Europace 2010; 12:805-10. [PMID: 20353962 DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS The effects of ganglionated plexi (GP) ablation on atrial fibrillation (AF) inducibility and atrial autonomic innervation remodelling have not been elucidated. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirteen dogs were randomly divided into sham-operated group and GP ablation group. All animals underwent a right thoracotomy at the fourth intercostal space. Atrial fibrillation inducibility was assessed by burst rapid pacing at right atrium (RA). After anterior right GP and inferior right GP ablation, AF inducibility was assessed in the GP ablation group. The animals were allowed to recover for 8 weeks, after which, AF was measured again. The levels of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in blood and atrial tissues were examined by radioimmunoassay. Immunocytochemical staining of cardiac nerves was performed in tissues from the dogs. Atrial fibrillation was induced easily in the GP ablation group after 8 weeks although AF was not observed in the sham-operated group, and after instant GP ablation. Compared with that in the sham-operated group, the levels of ANP in the blood and RA increased significantly 8 weeks after GP ablation (111.4 +/- 18.2 vs. 175.1 +/- 25.9; 184.9 +/- 36.3 vs. 299.1 +/- 32.5; P < 0.05). In the GP ablation group, the density of growth-associated protein 43-positive, tyrosine hydroxylase-positive, and choline acetyltransferase-positive nerves in the RA was 821 +/- 752, 481 +/- 627, and 629 +/- 644 per mm(2), respectively, which was significantly (P < 0.01) lower than the nerve density in sham-operated tissues (2590 +/- 841, 1752 +/- 605, and 3147 +/- 886 per mm(2), respectively). CONCLUSION Atrial autonomic innervations remodelling may be the mechanism of induced AF after GP ablation.
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- Qing-Yan Zhao
- Cardiovascular Research Institute of Wuhan University, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, 238 Jiefang Road, Wuchang, Wuhan City 430060, People's Republic of China
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Hoeger S, Bergstraesser C, Selhorst J, Fontana J, Birck R, Waldherr R, Beck G, Sticht C, Seelen MA, van Son WJ, Leuvenink H, Ploeg R, Schnuelle P, Yard BA. Modulation of brain dead induced inflammation by vagus nerve stimulation. Am J Transplant 2010; 10:477-89. [PMID: 20055812 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Because the vagus nerve is implicated in control of inflammation, we investigated if brain death (BD) causes impairment of the parasympathetic nervous system, thereby contributing to inflammation. BD was induced in rats. Anaesthetised ventilated rats (NBD) served as control. Heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed by ECG. The vagus nerve was electrically stimulated (BD + STIM) during BD. Intestine, kidney, heart and liver were recovered after 6 hours. Affymetrix chip-analysis was performed on intestinal RNA. Quantitative PCR was performed on all organs. Serum was collected to assess TNFalpha concentrations. Renal transplantations were performed to address the influence of vagus nerve stimulation on graft outcome. HRV was significantly lower in BD animals. Vagus nerve stimulation inhibited the increase in serum TNFalpha concentrations and resulted in down-regulation of a multiplicity of pro-inflammatory genes in intestinal tissue. In renal tissue vagal stimulation significantly decreased the expression of E-selectin, IL1beta and ITGA6. Renal function was significantly better in recipients that received a graft from a BD + STIM donor. Our study demonstrates impairment of the parasympathetic nervous system during BD and inhibition of serum TNFalpha through vagal stimulation. Vagus nerve stimulation variably affected gene expression in donor organs and improved renal function in recipients.
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- S Hoeger
- Department of Medicine V (Nephrology/Endocrinology/Rheumatology), University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and Clinic for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
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Heart rate is a precisely regulated variable, which plays a critical role in health and disease. Numerous epidemiologic studies and large post-myocardial infarction trials have provided evidence that elevated resting heart rate is an independent risk factor for cardiac mortality. This body of knowledge has prompted the development and evaluation of negative chronotropic agents, prototypically the I(f) inhibitor Ivabradine. The present review addresses several fundamental questions: (1) How is heart rate regulated at the integrative, cellular, and molecular levels? (2) How are autonomic tone and reflexes measured clinically, and what is the prognostic utility of these parameters? (3) What mechanisms are responsible for the cardiovascular pathology associated with elevated heart rates? (4) Does reducing heart rate independent of effects on other factors protect against cardiovascular events?
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Bianchi S, Rossi P, Della Scala A, Kornet L, Pulvirenti R, Monari G, Di Renzi P, Schauerte P, Azzolini P. Atrioventricular (AV) node vagal stimulation by transvenous permanent lead implantation to modulate AV node function: safety and feasibility in humans. Heart Rhythm 2009; 6:1282-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2009] [Accepted: 05/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Billman GE. Cardiac autonomic neural remodeling and susceptibility to sudden cardiac death: effect of endurance exercise training. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2009; 297:H1171-93. [PMID: 19684184 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00534.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Sudden cardiac death resulting from ventricular tachyarrhythmias remains the leading cause of death in industrially developed countries, accounting for between 300,000 and 500,000 deaths each year in the United States. Yet, despite the enormity of this problem, both the identification of factors contributing to ventricular fibrillation as well as the development of safe and effective antiarrhythmic agents remain elusive. Subnormal cardiac parasympathetic regulation coupled with an elevated cardiac sympathetic activation may allow for the formation of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. In particular, myocardial infarction can reduce cardiac parasympathetic regulation and alter beta-adrenoceptor subtype expression enhancing beta(2)-adrenoceptor sensitivity that can lead to intracellular calcium dysregulation and arrhythmias. As such, myocardial infarction can induce a remodeling of cardiac autonomic regulation that may be required to maintain cardiac pump function. If alterations in cardiac autonomic regulation play an important role in the genesis of life-threatening arrhythmias, then one would predict that interventions designed to either augment parasympathetic activity and/or reduce cardiac adrenergic activity would also protect against ventricular fibrillation. Recently, studies using a canine model of sudden death demonstrate that endurance exercise training (treadmill running) enhanced cardiac parasympathetic regulation (increased heart rate variability), restored a more normal beta-adrenoceptor balance (i.e., reduced beta(2)-adrenoceptor sensitivity and expression), and protected against ventricular fibrillation induced by acute myocardial ischemia. Thus exercise training may reverse the autonomic neural remodeling induced by myocardial infarction and thereby enhance the electrical stability of the heart in individuals shown to be at an increased risk for sudden cardiac death.
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- George E Billman
- Dept of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH 43210-1218, USA.
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Ketels S, Houben R, Van Beeumen K, Tavernier R, Duytschaever M. Incidence, timing, and characteristics of acute changes in heart rate during ongoing circumferential pulmonary vein isolation. Europace 2008; 10:1406-14. [PMID: 18936041 DOI: 10.1093/europace/eun287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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AIMS Previous studies showed that catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) results in vagal denervation with an increase in average heart rate (HR) and a reduced overall HR variability (HRV) at follow-up. We analysed acute ablation-induced changes in HR and short-term HRV during percutaneous circumferential pulmonary vein isolation (CPVI). We also studied whether observed changes were predictors of successful outcome after first CPVI. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 46 patients (35 men, 55 +/- 10 years) undergoing CARTO and computed tomography-guided CPVI for symptomatic AF were studied. Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation was performed under general anaesthesia by widely encircling the left and right pulmonary veins during sinus rhythm (SR). Radiofrequency (RF) current (35W, 48 degrees C) was applied with a 3.5 mm open irrigated tip catheter (Navistar Thermocool, Biosense Webster, Diamond Bar, CA, USA). Time- and frequency-domain analysis of short-term HRV was performed using 5 min electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings obtained at the beginning and the end of the CPVI procedure. Sinus rhythm cycle length was monitored continuously during CPVI. Circumferential pulmonary vein isolation was performed with 119 +/- 25 RF applications. Mean HR increased from 54 +/- 8 to 62 +/- 9 bpm (P < 0.001). Heart rate variability was significantly reduced (SDNN from 34 +/- 30 ms to 14 +/- 17 ms, P < 0.001, RMSSD from 27 +/- 22 ms to 13 +/- 14 ms, P < 0.001) with a marked change in sympathovagal balance towards less vagal activity (low frequency (LF)/high frequency (HF) ratio from 3.94 +/- 0.33 to 4.20 +/- 0.17, P < 0.001). Changes in RR interval, SDNN, and LF/HF ratio correlated significantly with RR interval (R = 0.56, P < 0.001), SDNN (R = 0.84, P < 0.001), and LF/HF ratio (R = -0.74, P < 0.001) at baseline. There were acute changes during ablation in HR and HRV, at the antero-superior junction between the left atrium (LA) and the right superior pulmonary vein (RSPV) in 36 patients (78%). Both HR and HRV at baseline and changes in HR/HRV were comparable between successful (n = 36) and failed (n = 10) patients. CONCLUSION (i) Percutaneous CPVI induces acute acceleration of HR and attenuation of short-term HRV (indicating vagal denervation during the procedure). (ii) Acute changes in HR and its variability invariably occur during RF energy delivery at the antero-superior junction between the LA and the RSPV. (iii) The degree of HR and short-term HRV changes depend on the vagal tone at the beginning of the procedure. (iv) In contrast to previously reported changes in overall HRV, acute changes in HR during the procedure are no predictors of long-term clinical outcome after CPVI.
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- Stefan Ketels
- Department of Cardiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Kamada S, Kameda S, Kawamura Y, Iida Y, Sato N, Hasebe N. An experimental study on the site dependency and mechanism of vagal denervation following radiofrequency catheter ablation for supraventricular arrhythmias including atrial fibrillation. Int Heart J 2008; 49:493-506. [PMID: 18753732 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.49.493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) for supraventricular arrhythmias results in parasympathetic nervous damage. Recently, RFCA around the pulmonary veins (PVs) has become a standardized curative therapy for atrial fibrillation (AF). The aim of the present study was to elucidate the relationship between the degree of vagal denervation and RFCA sites, including the PV areas. In 21 dogs, RFCA was performed at the ostium of the right PV (n = 7), ostium of the left PV (n = 7), and posteroseptal site of the right atrium (n = 7). Electrical stimulation of the cervical vagal trunk (ESCV) was performed and the resultant increase in the P-P interval (PPI) observed on the ECG was measured. The PPI was compared between the different RFCA sites. In another 7 animals, the vagal ganglia located in the fat pads that innervate the sinoatrial (SA) node were also stimulated (ESFP), testing the degree of postganglionic damage. The PPI after RFCA was decreased with right PV RFCA whereas there was no change with left PV RFCA. The ESFP yielded a significantly greater decrease in the PPI than the ESCV. The PPI during ESFP was completely blocked by hexamethonium, injected into the fat pad. The ESCV after the hexa-methonium injection did not result in complete disappearance of the PPI. Thus, right PV RFCA markedly damaged the vagal innervation of the SA node, whereas left PV RFCA produced little damage. The major type of damage was partial postganglionic fiber damage. An alternate vagal pathway external to the fat pads is proposed.
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- Shinsuke Kamada
- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Respiratory and Neurology Division, Asahikawa Medical College, Hokkaido, Japan
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Post-operative atrial fibrillation management by selective epicardial vagal fat pad stimulation. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2008; 24:37-45. [PMID: 18758932 DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9286-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2008] [Accepted: 05/29/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication after cardiac surgery and often leads to poorly tolerated fast ventricular rates. Negative dromotropic drugs are not always effective and may not be well tolerated in heart failure patients. Aim of this study is to verify if high-frequency stimulation of the right inferior fat pad (RIFPS) allows an effective decrease in ventricular rate (VR) during POAF. METHODS We enrolled 32 consecutive patients submitted to bypass; during surgery, a temporary heart wire was implanted in a site where RIFPS evoked a functional AV block. During POAF, RIFPS was delivered from the heart wire to decrease VR. RESULTS Intra-operative RIFPS evoked complete AV block in 29 patients (91%). Fourteen patients (44%) developed POAF (mean VR 127 +/- 12 bpm). In these patients, RIFPS achieved a 25% reduction of VR and complete AV block with 6.0 +/- 1.9 and 7.5 +/- 1.8 V (duration 0.2 ms, frequency 50 Hz), respectively. CONCLUSION Epicardial RIFPS represents an effective and feasible technique to decrease VR during POAF.
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Lahiri MK, Kannankeril PJ, Goldberger JJ. Assessment of autonomic function in cardiovascular disease: physiological basis and prognostic implications. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008; 51:1725-33. [PMID: 18452777 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2007] [Revised: 12/20/2007] [Accepted: 01/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Certain abnormalities of autonomic function in the setting of structural cardiovascular disease have been associated with an adverse prognosis. Various markers of autonomic activity have received increased attention as methods for identifying patients at risk for sudden death. Both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic limbs can be characterized by tonic levels of activity, which are modulated by, and respond reflexively to, physiological changes. Heart rate provides an index of the net effects of autonomic tone on the sinus node, and carries prognostic significance. Heart rate variability, though related to heart rate, assesses modulation of autonomic control of heart rate and carries additional prognostic information, which in some cases is more powerful than heart rate alone. Heart rate recovery after exercise represents the changes in autonomic tone that occur immediately after cessation of exercise. This index has also been shown to have prognostic significance. Autonomic evaluation during exercise and recovery may be important prognostically, because these are high-risk periods for sudden death, and the autonomic changes that occur with exercise could modulate this high risk. These markers provide related, but not redundant information about different aspects of autonomic effects on the sinus node.
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- Marc K Lahiri
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Onorati F, Curcio A, Santarpino G, Torella D, Mastroroberto P, Tucci L, Indolfi C, Renzulli A. Routine ganglionic plexi ablation during Maze procedure improves hospital and early follow-up results of mitral surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2008; 136:408-18. [PMID: 18692650 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2007] [Revised: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Ganglionic plexi are claimed to be potentially responsible for atrial fibrillation. We evaluated whether ganglionic plexi isolation improves the results of the Maze procedure during mitral valve surgery. METHODS A total of 75 patients with atrial fibrillation underwent radiofrequency ablation during mitral valve surgery without (group A) or with (group B) ganglionic plexi ablation with bipolar radiofrequency plus fat pad resection along the Waterston groove, left pulmonary veins, and Marshall's ligament. Ganglionic plexi were intraoperatively mapped, and fat pad specimens were sectioned and analyzed. Hospital and follow-up results were recorded. Amiodarone was discontinued at the sixth month. RESULTS Active ganglionic plexi were mainly located in the upper parts of fat pads. Active specimens demonstrated more ganglionic plexi than inactive specimens (P <or= .015 at different levels) but did not correlate with atrial fibrillation recurrence (P = not significant). Atrial fibrillation was higher in group A at aortic declamping (P = .03) and discharge (P = .03). Early events were comparable (P = .565). At 16.7 +/- 0.95 (standard error) months, the cumulative freedom from atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia with antiarrhythmic therapy was 63.2% +/- 7.3% and proved higher in group B (83.9% +/- 7.9% vs group A 52.8% +/- 8.7%; P = .035). However, after the sixth month, at 12.8 +/- 0.80 months, freedom from atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia without antiarrhythmic therapy was 72.5% +/- 7.7% and proved higher in group B (92.9% +/- 6.9% vs 62.5% +/- 9.4%; P = .023). A higher proportion of patients in group B showed normalized E/A ratio (61.3% vs group A 36.4%; P = .029). No differences were detected in follow-up freedom from congestive heart failure (group A: 83.4% +/- 7.0% vs group B: 93.5% +/- 4.4%; P = .978) and hospital readmission (group A: 84.2% +/- 5.9% vs group B: 92.6% +/- 5.1%; P = .376). CONCLUSION Ganglionic plexi isolation can improve hospital and follow-up results during mitral valve surgery and possibly ameliorate echocardiographic recovery of atrial function during follow-up.
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- Francesco Onorati
- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
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Thireau J, Zhang BL, Poisson D, Babuty D. Heart rate variability in mice: a theoretical and practical guide. Exp Physiol 2007; 93:83-94. [PMID: 17911354 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.040733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The mouse is the animal model principally used to study biological processes in mammals. The mutation, overexpression or knockout of one or several genes can provide insight into human disease. In cardiovascular research, evaluation of autonomic nervous function is an essential tool for a better understanding of the pathophysiological conditions in which cardiomyopathy arises and develops. Analysis of heart rate variability is the least invasive method to evaluate the sympathovagal balance on the sino-atrial level. The need to perform this technique on freely moving mice emerged in the 1990s, but despite previous studies it has been difficult to set up and standardize a common protocol. The multitudes of techniques used, plus subtle differences in methodology, impede the comparison and clear interpretation of results. This article aims to make a survey of heart rate variability analysis and to establish a standardized protocol for the assessment of the autonomic neural regulation of heart rate in mice.
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- J Thireau
- Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherce 6542, Laboratoire de Physiologie des Cellules Cardiaques et Vasculaires, Université François-Rabelais, Faculté des Sciences, 31 Avenue Monge, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours, France
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Ulphani JS, Ng J, Aggarwal R, Cain JH, Gordon D, Yang E, Morris AR, Arora R, Goldberger JJ, Kadish AH. Frequency gradients during two different forms of fibrillation in the canine atria. Heart Rhythm 2007; 4:1315-23. [PMID: 17905337 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Atrial fibrillation (AF) is thought to be sustained by multiple reentrant wavelets or firing foci. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the spectral domain characteristics in the left atrium (LA) and right atrium (RA) in two different models of AF. METHODS Rectangular 8 x 14 electrode arrays were placed on the LA and RA of 14 anesthetized dogs. AF episodes were induced with burst pacing and aconitine in each dog. For each model, AF was induced from the RA in six dogs and from the LA in six dogs. Dominant frequencies (DFs) were obtained using the fast Fourier transform of the unipolar recordings obtained from each electrode of the array. Standard deviation (SD) was used to compute the frequency dispersion within an atrium. Regularity of the signal was quantified using an organization index (OI). RESULTS DFs were largest in the atrium where aconitine was applied. Aconitine AF had larger gradients than burst-pacing AF (5.0 +/- 4.5 vs. 0.9 +/- 1.0 Hz: P <.006). Aconitine AF when compared with burst-pacing AF had greater absolute LA-RA differences in the SD of DFs (2.3 +/- 1.9 vs. 0.2 +/- 0.2 Hz; P <.001) and in OI (0.11 +/- 0.07 vs. 0.06 +/- 0.07; P <.07). CONCLUSIONS Differences in frequency gradients and organization were observed during AF induced by burst pacing and aconitine. This suggests that different mechanisms of AF are possible and may be identified with frequency domain analysis.
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- Joseph S Ulphani
- Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 251 East Huron, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Takada M, Dohi S, Akamatsu S, Suzuki A. Effects of Pericardial Lidocaine on Hemodynamic Parameters and Responses in Dogs Anesthetized With Midazolam and Fentanyl. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2007; 21:393-9. [PMID: 17544893 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Tachycardia during anesthesia should be avoided, especially during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Decreasing heart rate without reducing cardiac contractility is an ideal goal. To achieve this, the authors attempted to block the cardiac nerves by pericardial administration of local anesthetic. DESIGN A prospective study. SETTING A laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Anesthetized, mechanically ventilated dogs (n = 69). INTERVENTIONS The pericardial space was infused with 2.5 or 5 mL of 1% lidocaine, 5 mL of 2% lidocaine, or normal saline solution. The hemodynamic changes and the cardiac responses to atropine or isoproterenol were measured during cardiac nerve blockade. To examine the inhibitory action of pericardial lidocaine on arrhythmias, an electrical fibrillator was installed. Furthermore, the blood level of lidocaine was measured. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Pericardial injection of lidocaine significantly decreased heart rate without a change in stroke volume. Under pericardial lidocaine, the tachycardia response to isoproterenol was similar to that observed without pericardial lidocaine, but response to atropine was significantly reduced. Pericardial lidocaine increased the voltage thresholds for inducing arrhythmias and ventricular fibrillation. Intravenous injection of lidocaine elevated the plasma concentration of lidocaine immediately, whereas the plasma concentration peaked at 10 minutes after pericardial administration. CONCLUSIONS Pericardial lidocaine (1) decreased heart rate without affecting stroke volume, (2) preserved the tachycardiac response to isoproterenol but completely blocked the response to atropine, and (3) increased the voltage thresholds for arrhythmias and ventricular fibrillation induced by an electrical fibrillator. These results suggest that pericardial lidocaine may be useful for controlling heart rate during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
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- Motoshi Takada
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
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Chattipakorn N, Incharoen T, Kanlop N, Chattipakorn S. Heart rate variability in myocardial infarction and heart failure. Int J Cardiol 2007; 120:289-96. [PMID: 17349699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2006] [Revised: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 11/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The need to refine the identification of patients who might benefit from implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator has been risen by the results of many clinical trials on ICD therapy. Traditional parameters such as left ventricular ejection fraction and the presence of non-sustained ventricular tachycardia were not strong enough to achieve this goal with reasonable cost-effectiveness. Heart rate variability (HRV) is one of the most popular parameters used to assess the autonomic tone. HRV has been reported as a strong predictor of cardiovascular mortality. Currently, three different categories of methods in HRV analysis are being used; the time domain, frequency domain, and non-linear dynamic analysis. Both time domain and frequency domain analyses of HRV have been investigated extensively regarding their use as a prognostic marker for cardiovascular mortality. The non-linear dynamic analysis is the latest tool that has shown to have an even higher predictive value than any of the traditional parameters. However, standardized and supporting evidence on this new technique is still lacking. In this article, the current role of HRV in the prediction of cardiovascular mortality in myocardial infarction and heart failure patients has been reviewed.
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- Nipon Chattipakorn
- Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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Balkhy HH, Hare J, Sih HJ. Autonomic Ganglionated Plexi: Characterization and Effect of Epicardial Microwave Ablation in a Canine Model of Vagally Induced Acute Atrial Fibrillation. INNOVATIONS-TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY 2007. [DOI: 10.1177/155698450700200102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Husam H. Balkhy
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Wisconsin Heart Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
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- Winter Lab, Sinai Aurora Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
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- Cardiac Surgery, Guidant Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
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Autonomic ganglionated plexi: characterization and effect of epicardial microwave ablation in a canine model of vagally induced acute atrial fibrillation. INNOVATIONS-TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES IN CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR SURGERY 2007; 2:7-13. [PMID: 22436870 DOI: 10.1097/imi.0b013e31802c5b13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE : Autonomic ganglionated plexi (GP) in fat pads near the pulmonary veins may contribute to initiation and maintenance atrial fibrillation (AF). We attempted to localize these plexi in a canine model, and evaluate the efficacy of microwave ablation in eliminating their vagal reflexes. METHODS : 8 Mongrel dogs (25-31 kg), underwent cervical vagal trunk stimulation to produce AV nodal block and sustained AF. Sternotomy was performed and the epicardial fat on the posterior left atrium and pulmonary veins was locally stimulated at high-frequency (20 Hz, 3-5 mA). Locations that produced a vagal response were identified and in 7 dogs ablated using the Flex 4 epicardial microwave ablation probe (Guidant Corp) at 65 watts/90 sec. One animal was a control and not ablated. Vagal responses were retested with local stimulation as well as stimulation of the cervical vagal trunks. The presence of AV block and duration of sustained AF was recorded. RESULTS : Baseline cervical vagal stimulation produced AV block and AF in all the animals. Local high-frequency stimulation (HFS) elicited vagal responses at the junction of the inferior vena cava and the middle pulmonary vein (IVC-MPV) in 8 animals, the base of the left pulmonary veins/ligament of Marshall (LoM) in 5 animals, and between the upper and lower right pulmonary veins (RPV) in 2 animals. Microwave ablation at the IVC-MPV eliminated the vagal response upon local fat pad HFS. Cervical vagal trunk stimulation yielded less AV block (n = 2) or no AV block (n = 5) after microwave ablation of the IVC-MPV alone (n = 4) or in conjunction with LoM area ablation (n = 3). The average duration of AF during cervical vagal stimulation decreased significantly from baseline (52.7 ± 27.0 sec) versus after fat pad ablation (13.8 ± 20.3 sec, p = 0.004). CONCLUSIONS : In a canine model we found the primary epicardial autonomic ganglionated plexi to be at the junction of the IVC-MPV. Epicardial microwave ablation of this GP eliminated the vagal response during local fat pad stimulation; and attenuated or eliminated AV block and induction of sustained AF during cervical vagal trunk stimulation. Epicardial microwave ablation of the ganglionated plexi in epicardial fat pads is feasible and can eliminate vagal reflexes that maybe important in atrial fibrillation.
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Effects of physical training on cardiovascular control after heart transplantation. Int J Cardiol 2006; 118:356-62. [PMID: 17050012 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/11/2006] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Exercise performance in heart-transplanted patients increases with respect to pre-transplantation but remains subnormal, and it does not improve with time after surgery. Possible causes include persisting denervation, and sympathetic vasoconstriction inducing functional vascular abnormalities that prevent adequate increase in blood flow to the exercising limbs. We tested the effects of physical training on baroreceptors-mediated control of heart rate and blood pressure in recently heart-transplanted subjects. METHODS Patients were randomly allocated to physical training (n=13, 30 min cycling at 60-70% of peak oxygen consumption for 5 days/week for 6 months) or to control (n=11). Upright exercise test to exhaustion was performed at the beginning of the study after 3 and 6 months. Reflex changes in RR interval and blood pressure in response to sinusoidal neck suction (6 and 12 cycles/min 0 to -30 mm Hg swing) were considered as evidence of reinnervation and baroreflex control of blood pressure, respectively. RESULTS After 6 months peak oxygen consumption (p<0.001), exercise time (p<0.01) and workload (p<0.01) increased in trained patients. Before training RR interval and blood pressure were not modified by neck suction. After physical training systolic (p<0.01) and diastolic blood pressure decreased, RR interval and blood pressure could be modulated (p<0.05) by slow (6 cycles/min) neck suction, indicating initial cardiac sympathetic reinnervation and restored sensitivity to autonomic modulation on the arteries. No changes were observed in controls. CONCLUSIONS Physical training improved exercise performance and the control exerted by the autonomic nervous system through the sympathetic nerves at both cardiac and vascular level.
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Lai CJ, Yang CCH, Hsu YY, Lin YN, Kuo TBJ. Enhanced sympathetic outflow and decreased baroreflex sensitivity are associated with intermittent hypoxia-induced systemic hypertension in conscious rats. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2006; 100:1974-82. [PMID: 16484362 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01051.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Long-term exposure to intermittent hypoxia (IH), such as that occurring in association with sleep apnea, may result in systemic hypertension; however, the time course changes in arterial pressure, autonomic functions, and baroreflex sensitivity are still unclear. We investigated the changes in cardiovascular neural regulations during the development of chronic IH-induced hypertension in rats. Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to repetitive 1.25-min cycles (30 s of N2 + 45 s of 21% O2) of IH or room air (RA) for 6 h/day during light phase (10 AM-4 PM) for 30 days. Arterial pressure was measured daily using the telemetry system during RA breathing. The mean arterial pressure (MAP) and interpulse interval (PPI) signals were then used to assess the autonomic functions and spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity by auto- and cross-spectral analysis, respectively. Stable MAP, low-frequency power of MAP (BLF), and low-frequency power (LF)-to-high frequency power (HF) ratio of PPI (LF/HF) were significantly higher in IH-exposed rats, compared with those of RA-exposed rats. Elevation of the MAP, BLF, LF/HF, and minute ventilation started 5 days after IH exposure and lasted until the end of the 30-day observation period. Additionally, IH-exposed rats had significant lower slope of MAP-PPI linear regression (under a successively descending and ascending) and magnitude of MAP-PPI transfer function (at frequency ranges of 0.06–0.6 Hz or 0.6–2.4 Hz) after IH exposure for 17 days. However, RA-exposed rats did not exhibit these changes. The results of this study indicate that chronic IH-induced hypertension is associated with a facilitation of cardiovascular sympathetic outflow and inhibition of baroreflex sensitivity in conscious rats.
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- C J Lai
- Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Tzu-Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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Cetta F, Boston US, Dearani JA, Hagler DJ. Double outlet right ventricle: opinions regarding management. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2006; 7:385-90. [PMID: 16138957 DOI: 10.1007/s11936-005-0022-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In the current era of superb surgical results for congenital heart disease, several management options are available for patients born with double outlet right ventricle (DORV). The surgical repair of DORV is tailored to address the variety of abnormalities associated with this lesion. The treatment strategies are dependent upon the anatomy and relationship of the ventricular septal defect (VSD) and the great arteries. For patients with subaortic or doubly committed VSDs, without right ventricular outflow tract obstruction, the usual repair is an intraventricular tunnel from the VSD to the aorta. If right ventricular outflow tract obstruction exists, then augmentation of the right ventricular outflow tract or conduit placement from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery is necessary. For the "Taussig-Bing anomaly" (subpulmonary VSD) an arterial switch operation is indicated with tunneling of the VSD to the neoaorta. For patients with a remote VSD, complex atrioventricular valve abnormalities, or unbalanced ventricles, a staged palliative approach is warranted. This approach will result in the patient having "single ventricle" physiology, and "Fontan anatomy" after the staging surgeries. Outcomes are determined by the surgery performed. Patients who require conduit placement from right ventricle to pulmonary artery will need subsequent surgery for replacement of the conduit. Complex intraventricular tunnels are at risk for developing subaortic obstruction. Patients who had arterial switch operations have thus far had excellent results. However, these patients may be at risk for development of neoaortic valve regurgitation requiring subsequent reoperation. Complex biventricular intracardiac repairs have been associated with a higher risk of reoperation. In the past 10 to 15 years, patients undergoing Fontan operations have had improved early and late survival. However, long-term problems after the Fontan operation include arrhythmia and development of protein-losing enteropathy.
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- Frank Cetta
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Howarth FC, Jacobson M, Shafiullah M, Adeghate E. Long-term effects of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on the electrocardiogram, physical activity and body temperature in rats. Exp Physiol 2005; 90:827-35. [PMID: 16091403 DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2005.031252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In vivo biotelemetry studies have demonstrated that short-term streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes is associated with a reduction in heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) and prolongation of QT and QRS intervals. This study investigates the long-term effects of STZ-induced diabetes on the electrocardiogram (ECG), physical activity and body temperature. Transmitter devices were surgically implanted in the peritoneal cavity of young adult male Wistar rats. Electrodes from the transmitter were arranged in Einthoven bipolar lead II configuration. ECG, physical activity and body temperature data were continuously recorded with a telemetry system before and following the administration of STZ (60 mg kg(-1)) for a period of 22 weeks. HR, physical activity and body temperature declined rapidly 3-5 days after the administration of STZ. The effects became conspicuous with time reaching a new steady state approximately 1-2 weeks after STZ treatment. HR at 4 weeks was 268 +/- 5 beats min(-1) in diabetic rats compared to 347 +/- 12 beats min(-1) in age-matched controls. HRV at 4 weeks was also significantly reduced after STZ treatment (18 +/- 3 beats min(-1)) compared to controls (33 +/- 3 beats min(-1)). HR and HRV were not additionally altered in either diabetic rats (266 +/- 5 and 20 +/- 4 beats min(-1)) or age-matched controls (316 +/- 6 and 25 +/- 4 beats min(-1)) at 22 weeks. Reduced physical activity and/or body temperature may partly underlie the reductions in HR and HRV. In addition, the increased power spectral low frequency/high frequency ratio from 4 weeks after STZ treatment may indicate an accompanying disturbance in sympathovagal balance.
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- F C Howarth
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Kuo TBJ, Lai CJ, Huang YT, Yang CCH. Regression Analysis Between Heart Rate Variability and Baroreflex-Related Vagus Nerve Activity in Rats. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2005; 16:864-9. [PMID: 16101628 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.40656.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [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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INTRODUCTION Many previous studies have suggested that the high-frequency (HF) power of the heart rate variability may represent cardiac vagal activity although direct evidence of a correlation between the HF and vagal neuronal activity is still lacking. In the present study, we performed a regression analysis of the HF and vagal neurograms. METHODS AND RESULTS Experiments were carried out on adult male Sprague-Dawley rats anesthetized with a continuous infusion of pentobarbital sodium. The baroreflex-related vagus neuronal activities were obtained by nerve or single-fiber recordings. The transient baroreflex response was employed to alter vagus neuronal activities using a bolus injection of phenylephrine (PE). On-line power spectral analysis of the heart rate and a vagal neurogram was performed during the acute baroreflex response. During the test period, systemic arterial pressure immediately increased in response to the PE injection, after which the R-R interval (RR), HF (0.6-2.4 Hz), and vagus nerve and unit activities all dramatically increased. Both nerve and unit activities exhibited good correlations (r > or = 0.7 in all nerve recordings and r > or = 0.6 in 91% of single-fiber recordings) with the HF. There were insignificant differences between the right- and left-side baroreflex-related vagus nerve recordings. CONCLUSION Our present study provides a direct linkage between the HF and vagus neuronal electrical activity in anesthetized rats.
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- Terry B J Kuo
- Institute of Neuroscience, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
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