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Shi Q, Malik H, Crawford RM, Streeter J, Wang J, Huo R, Shih JC, Chen B, Hall D, Abel ED, Song LS, Anderson EJ. Cardiac monoamine oxidase-A inhibition protects against catecholamine-induced ventricular arrhythmias via enhanced diastolic calcium control. Cardiovasc Res 2024; 120:596-611. [PMID: 38198753 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvae012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
Abstract
AIMS A mechanistic link between depression and risk of arrhythmias could be attributed to altered catecholamine metabolism in the heart. Monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A), a key enzyme involved in catecholamine metabolism and longstanding antidepressant target, is highly expressed in the myocardium. The present study aimed to elucidate the functional significance and underlying mechanisms of cardiac MAO-A in arrhythmogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS Analysis of the TriNetX database revealed that depressed patients treated with MAO inhibitors had a lower risk of arrhythmias compared with those treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. This effect was phenocopied in mice with cardiomyocyte-specific MAO-A deficiency (cMAO-Adef), which showed a significant reduction in both incidence and duration of catecholamine stress-induced ventricular tachycardia compared with wild-type mice. Additionally, cMAO-Adef cardiomyocytes exhibited altered Ca2+ handling under catecholamine stimulation, with increased diastolic Ca2+ reuptake, reduced diastolic Ca2+ leak, and diminished systolic Ca2+ release. Mechanistically, cMAO-Adef hearts had reduced catecholamine levels under sympathetic stress, along with reduced levels of reactive oxygen species and protein carbonylation, leading to decreased oxidation of Type II PKA and CaMKII. These changes potentiated phospholamban (PLB) phosphorylation, thereby enhancing diastolic Ca2+ reuptake, while reducing ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) phosphorylation to decrease diastolic Ca2+ leak. Consequently, cMAO-Adef hearts exhibited lower diastolic Ca2+ levels and fewer arrhythmogenic Ca2+ waves during sympathetic overstimulation. CONCLUSION Cardiac MAO-A inhibition exerts an anti-arrhythmic effect by enhancing diastolic Ca2+ handling under catecholamine stress.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Monoamine Oxidase/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/drug effects
- Myocytes, Cardiac/enzymology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Catecholamines/metabolism
- Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Calcium Signaling/drug effects
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel/metabolism
- Humans
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Calcium/metabolism
- Male
- Mice, Knockout
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/enzymology
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/prevention & control
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/metabolism
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/physiopathology
- Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 2/metabolism
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Phosphorylation
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
- Heart Rate/drug effects
- Female
- Diastole/drug effects
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/metabolism
- Action Potentials/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Mice
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Affiliation(s)
- Qian Shi
- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, 180 S Grand Ave., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, 180 S Grand Ave., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, CBRB 2267285, Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, CBRB 2267285, Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 169 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 285 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, CBRB 2267285, Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 169 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, 180 S Grand Ave., Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Abboud Cardiovascular Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, CBRB 2267285, Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 169 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Zhou P, Yang X, Yang D, Jiang X, Wang WE, Yue R, Fang Y. Integrin-Linked Kinase Activation Prevents Ventricular Arrhythmias Induced by Ischemia/Reperfusion Via Inhibition of Connexin 43 Remodeling. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2021; 14:610-618. [PMID: 32144627 PMCID: PMC8397684 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-020-09979-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ischemia reperfusion (I/R)-induced arrhythmia is a serious complication in patients with cardiac infarction. Remodeling of connexin (Cx) 43, manifested as phosphorylation, contributes significantly to arrhythmogenesis. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) attenuated ventricular remodeling and improved cardiac function in rats after myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that ILK, through Cx43 phosphorylation, would be protective against I/R-induced ventricular arrhythmias. Our study showed that I/R-induced ventricular arrhythmias were attenuated by an ILK agonist LPTP and worsened by the ILK inhibitor Cpd22. I/R disrupted Cx43 distribution, but it was partially normalized in the presence of LPTP. Compared with I/R, the phosphorylation of Akt was increased significantly after pretreatment with LPTP. The increase in phosphorylated Akt was physiologically significant because, in the presence of the Akt inhibitor MK2206, the protective effects of LPTP were blocked. This indicated that ILK activation prevented I/R-induced-ventricular arrhythmia, an effect potentially related to inhibition of Cx43 remodeling via Akt activation.
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- Ping Zhou
- Department of Cardiology, The First People's Hospital of Chongqing Liang Jiang New Area, Chongqing, 401121, China
- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Chongqing Institute of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, 10 Changjiang Branch Road,Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400042, China.
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Ghigo A, Perino A, Mehel H, Zahradníková A, Morello F, Leroy J, Nikolaev VO, Damilano F, Cimino J, De Luca E, Richter W, Westenbroek R, Catterall WA, Zhang J, Yan C, Conti M, Gomez AM, Vandecasteele G, Hirsch E, Fischmeister R. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ protects against catecholamine-induced ventricular arrhythmia through protein kinase A-mediated regulation of distinct phosphodiesterases. Circulation 2012; 126:2073-83. [PMID: 23008439 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.112.114074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phosphoinositide 3-kinase γ (PI3Kγ) signaling engaged by β-adrenergic receptors is pivotal in the regulation of myocardial contractility and remodeling. However, the role of PI3Kγ in catecholamine-induced arrhythmia is currently unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS Mice lacking PI3Kγ (PI3Kγ(-/-)) showed runs of premature ventricular contractions on adrenergic stimulation that could be rescued by a selective β(2)-adrenergic receptor blocker and developed sustained ventricular tachycardia after transverse aortic constriction. Consistently, fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes revealed abnormal cAMP accumulation after β(2)-adrenergic receptor activation in PI3Kγ(-/-) cardiomyocytes that depended on the loss of the scaffold but not of the catalytic activity of PI3Kγ. Downstream from β-adrenergic receptors, PI3Kγ was found to participate in multiprotein complexes linking protein kinase A to the activation of phosphodiesterase (PDE) 3A, PDE4A, and PDE4B but not of PDE4D. These PI3Kγ-regulated PDEs lowered cAMP and limited protein kinase A-mediated phosphorylation of L-type calcium channel (Ca(v)1.2) and phospholamban. In PI3Kγ(-/-) cardiomyocytes, Ca(v)1.2 and phospholamban were hyperphosphorylated, leading to increased Ca(2+) spark occurrence and amplitude on adrenergic stimulation. Furthermore, PI3Kγ(-/-) cardiomyocytes showed spontaneous Ca(2+) release events and developed arrhythmic calcium transients. CONCLUSIONS PI3Kγ coordinates the coincident signaling of the major cardiac PDE3 and PDE4 isoforms, thus orchestrating a feedback loop that prevents calcium-dependent ventricular arrhythmia.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Biofeedback, Psychology/physiology
- Calcium Signaling/genetics
- Catecholamines/toxicity
- Class Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/deficiency
- Class Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/genetics
- Class Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/physiology
- Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/physiology
- Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 3/metabolism
- Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 4/metabolism
- Gene Knock-In Techniques
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Myocytes, Cardiac/enzymology
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/enzymology
- Tachycardia, Ventricular/prevention & control
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- Alessandra Ghigo
- Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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Yu X, Huang S, Patterson E, Garrett MW, Kaufman KM, Metcalf JP, Zhu M, Dunn ST, Kem DC. Proteasome degradation of GRK2 during ischemia and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in a canine model of myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H1960-7. [PMID: 15994860 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00328.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Arrhythmia-prone subepicardial border zone (EBZ) tissue demonstrates decreased G protein receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) activity and increased sensitivity to isoproterenol 6–24 h after coronary artery ligation (CAL) in the dog. With the use of a semiquantitative immunofluorescence technique, the relative fluorescence intensity (RF) of GRK2 in EBZ decreased to 24% of that in a remote site (RS) ( P < 0.01, n = 30 cells from 3 dogs), whereas GRK5 RF did not change. Confocal studies of cardiac tissue from transgenic mice overexpressing GRK2 validated the use of a semilogarithmic relationship between RF and GRK2 activity. As shown with the use of quantitative real-time RT-PCR, both GRK2 and GRK5 mRNA were not decreased at 24 h in EBZ ( n = 6 dogs) relative to RS control, indicating that the decrease of GRK2 in the EBZ is likely due to posttranscriptional degradation following CAL. Pretreatment of six dogs with the selective proteasome inhibitor bortezomib provided 100% (EBZ) and 50% (infarct) protection against loss of GRK2 at 24 h. There was an absence of rapid (>300 beats/min) and very rapid (>360 beats/min) ventricular triplets that are highly predictive of sudden cardiac death during ECG monitoring in the bortezomib-pretreated animals in contrast to nonpretreated infarcted animals. We have demonstrated that the dramatic decrease in GRK2 in cardiac ischemic tissue can be largely blocked by prior proteasome blockade and that this is associated with significant cardioprotection against malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
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- Xichun Yu
- Dept. of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Dustan Sarazan R, Crumb WJ, Beasley CM, Emmick JT, Ferguson KM, Strnat CA, Sausen PJ. Absence of clinically important HERG channel blockade by three compounds that inhibit phosphodiesterase 5—sildenafil, tadalafil, and vardenafil. Eur J Pharmacol 2004; 502:163-7. [PMID: 15476742 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2004] [Revised: 08/30/2004] [Accepted: 09/01/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Compounds that inhibit phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) have been developed for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. Because men with erectile dysfunction frequently have comorbid cardiovascular disease, they may have limited cardiac repolarization reserve and be at risk of arrhythmia if treated with medications that prolong ventricular repolarization. The human ether-a-go-go related gene (HERG) channel is important for repolarization in human myocardium and is a common target for drugs that prolong the QT interval. We studied the ability of three compounds that inhibit PDE5--sildenafil, tadalafil, and vardenafil--to block the HERG channel. Using a whole cell variant of the patch-clamp method, the HERG current was measured in a stably transfected human embryonic kidney cell line expressing the HERG channel. The compounds produced dose-dependent reductions in HERG current amplitude over a concentration range of 0.1 to 100 microM. The IC50 values were 12.8 microM for vardenafil and 33.3 microM for sildenafil. Because the maximum soluble concentration of tadalafil (100 microM) produced only a 50.9% inhibition of the HERG current amplitude, the IC50 value for tadalafil could not be determined with the Hill equation. Tadalafil had the weakest capacity to block the HERG channel, producing a 50.9% blockade at the maximum soluble concentration (100 microM), compared with 86.2% for vardenafil (100 microM) and 75.2% for sildenafil (100 microM). In conclusion, the concentrations of the PDE5 inhibitors required to evoke a 50% inhibition of the HERG current were well above reported therapeutic plasma concentrations of free and total compound. None of the three compounds was a potent blocker of the HERG channel.
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- R Dustan Sarazan
- Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, 2001 W. Main St., Greenfield, Indianapolis, IN 46140, USA.
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Choong K, Clarke JT, Cutz E, Pollit RJ, Olpin SE. Lethal cardiac tachyarrhythmia in a patient with neonatal carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2001; 4:573-9. [PMID: 11826365 DOI: 10.1007/s10024001-0101-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2001] [Accepted: 06/22/2001] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is an inherited defect of the co-transport of free and esterified carnitine across the inner mitochondrial membrane. We report a case of CACT deficiency in a newborn who died at 72 h of age from severe, intractable cardiac tachyarrhythmia, despite an improvement in his neurological and biochemical status. Postmortem examination showed marked steatosis of myocardium, liver, and kidney. In addition, electron microscopic studies showed virtually complete elimination of mitochondria from cardiomyocytes. It appears that the correction of the acute metabolic derangements in this condition may not prevent rapid progression to death, suggesting that the rhythm disturbances in CACT deficiency result from prior and ongoing accumulation of toxic metabolites, rather than from an acute metabolic derangement. Furthermore, we speculate that the choice of anti-arrhythmic agent in this patient may paradoxically have contributed to his death.
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- K Choong
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Takezako T, Zhang B, Serikawa T, Fan P, Nomoto J, Saku K. The D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene and reperfusion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Jpn Circ J 2001; 65:603-9. [PMID: 11446493 DOI: 10.1253/jcj.65.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The renin-angiotensin system may play a pivotal role in reperfusion ventricular arrhythmias (RVA). The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and RVA in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in a case-control study. Patients who had undergone successful coronary intervention for AMI were enrolled (n= 127, male/female: 97/30, mean age, 62.6 years). The incidence of RVA was continuously monitored by ECG at a coronary care unit. The severity of ventricular arrhythmias was evaluated in terms of the Lown's grade and patients with a high risk of ventricular arrhythmias that may cause sudden cardiac death (Lown's grade > or =2) within 5 h of coronary intervention were defined as cases (n=59), and otherwise as controls (n=68). A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to determine the discriminatory ability of continuous variables and to produce dummy variables for use in a logistic regression analysis. Cases had a significantly higher body mass index, higher maximal levels of serum creatine kinase, and a shorter time preceding coronary intervention than controls. The severity of coronary atherosclerosis was similar between the 2 groups. The frequency distribution of ACE genotypes in cases differed from that in controls (II/ID/DD: 22.0%/52.6%/25.4% vs 44.1%/41.4%/14.7%, p<0.05, by the Mantel-Haenzel chi-square test). The ACE-D allele had additive and dominant effects with regard to the occurrence of significant ventricular arrhythmias after adjusting for other risk factors. The ACE-D allele may play a pivotal role in sudden cardiac death in patients with AMI.
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- T Takezako
- Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Japan
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Sribhen K, Bhuripanyo K, Raungratanaamporn O, Kiartivich S, Leowattana W, Chaithiraphan S. Improved detection of radiofrequency current-induced minor myocardial injury by cardiac troponin T measurement. J Med Assoc Thai 1999; 82:256-62. [PMID: 10410480 DOI: pmid/10410480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Transcatheter radiofrequency current application in patients with cardiac arrhythmias was reported to be associated with a low rate of an increase in the activity of enzyme creatine kinase (CK) and CK-MB isoenzyme. As the novel heart-specific protein troponin T (cTnT) was shown to be superior to CK and CK-MB in detecting small damage to myocardial tissue in various clinical situations including unstable angina, a comparison of the diagnostic efficiency of these marker proteins to detect myocardial damage was made in 34 patients (mean age 38.3 +/- 15.6 years) undergoing radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation of accessory pathways (n = 17) and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (n = 17). Serial measurements of total CK and CK-MB activity before and every 8 hours for 24 hours after ablative procedure were performed with enzymatic and immunoinhibition method, respectively, using automated chemical analyzer Hitachi 717. Serum concentration of cTnT was determined by one-step sandwich ELISA performed on ES 300 analyzer (Boehringer Mannheim). With a median of 7.0 (range 1-39) RF current pulses only 12 (35%) and 10 (29%) of 34 patients showed an increase above the upper limit of normal CK and CK-MB activity, respectively. The peak activity of CK (mean peak = 285.8 +/- 517.7 IU/L) occurred at a variable time that infrequently coincided with those of peak CK-MB activity (23.1 +/- 8.0 IU/L). By contrast, all except 4 (88%) of 34 patients exhibited a distinct elevation of cTnT concentration (mean peak = 0.56 +/- 0.63 ng/ml), with almost all (33) of these 34 patients showed an early peak value at 8 hours postprocedural. There was, on the average, a small but distinct higher relative increase (5.6 times) in cTnT concentration from the upper limit of reference range compared with those of CK (1.5 times) and CK-MB peak activity (0.9 time). In conclusion, cTnT exhibited a minor but distinct elevation in its concentration and demonstrated a higher rate and magnitude of increase following radiofrequency current application than the conventional CK and CK-MB isoenzyme. Measurements of cTnT serum concentration may thus provide a useful test method for assessing the effect of the new transcatheter ablation procedures on myocardial tissue.
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- K Sribhen
- Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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