Vasovagal Responses to Human Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia : Hemodynamic Implications From Sinus Rate Analysis

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BACKGROUND: Factors determining hemodynamic stability during human ventricular tachycardia (VT) are incompletely understood.

OBJECTIVES: The purposes of this study were to characterize sinus rate (SR) responses during monomorphic VT in association with hemodynamic stability and to prospectively assess the effects of vagolytic therapy on VT tolerance.

METHODS: This is a retrospective analysis of patients undergoing scar-related VT ablation. Vasovagal responses were evaluated by analyzing sinus cycle length before VT induction and during VT. SR responses were classified into 3 groups: increasing (≥5 beats/min, sympathetic), decreasing (≥5 beats/min, vagal), and unchanged, with the latter 2 categorized as inappropriate SR. In a prospective cohort (n = 30) that exhibited a failure to increase SR, atropine was administered to improve hemodynamic tolerance to VT.

RESULTS: In 150 patients, 261 VT episodes were analyzed (29% untolerated, 71% tolerated) with median VT duration 1.6 minutes. A total of 52% of VT episodes were associated with a sympathetic response, 31% had unchanged SR, and 17% of VTs exhibited a vagal response. A significantly higher prevalence of inappropriate SR responses was observed during untolerated VT (sustained VT requiring cardioversion within 150 seconds) compared with tolerated VT (84% vs 34%; P < 0.001). Untolerated VT was significantly different between groups: 9% (sympathetic), 82% (vagal), and 32% (unchanged) (P < 0.001). Atropine administration improved hemodynamic tolerance to VT in 70%.

CONCLUSIONS: Nearly one-half of VT episodes are associated with failure to augment SR, indicative of an under-recognized pathophysiological vasovagal response to VT. Inappropriate SR responses were more predictive of hemodynamic instability than VT rate and ejection fraction. Vagolytic therapy may be a novel method to augment blood pressure during VT.

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CommentIn: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Sep 12;82(11):1106-1107. - PMID 37673511

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 82(2023), 11 vom: 12. Sept., Seite 1096-1105

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pujol-Lopez, Margarida [VerfasserIn]
Du Fay de Lavallaz, Jeanne [VerfasserIn]
Rangan, Pooja [VerfasserIn]
Beaser, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Aziz, Zaid [VerfasserIn]
Upadhyay, Gaurav A [VerfasserIn]
Nayak, Hemal [VerfasserIn]
Weiss, J Peter [VerfasserIn]
Zawaneh, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Rong [VerfasserIn]
Su, Wilber [VerfasserIn]
Tung, Roderick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7C0697DR9I
Atropine
EC 2.3.2.27
Hemodynamics
Journal Article
Parasympathetic
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Sinus rate
Sympathetic
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Vagal
Ventricular tachycardia

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Date Completed 08.09.2023

Date Revised 13.09.2023

published: Print

CommentIn: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 Sep 12;82(11):1106-1107. - PMID 37673511

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jacc.2023.06.033

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361711565