Beyond Alternans: Detection of Higher-Order Periodicity in Ex-Vivo Human Ventricles Before Induction of Ventricular Fibrillation
Abstract Background Repolarization alternans, defined as period-2 oscillation in the repolarization phase of the action potentials, is one of the cornerstones of cardiac electrophysiology as it provides a mechanistic link between cellular dynamics and ventricular fibrillation (VF). Theoretically, higher-order periodicities (e.g., period-4, period-8,…) are expected but have very limited experimental evidence.Methods We studied explanted human hearts, obtained from the recipients of heart transplantation at the time of surgery, using optical mapping technique with transmembrane voltage-sensitive fluorescent dyes. The hearts were stimulated at an increasing rate until VF was induced. The signals recorded from the right ventricle endocardial surface just before the induction of VF and in the presence of 1:1 conduction were processed using the Principal Component Analysis and a combinatorial algorithm to detect and quantify higher-order dynamics.Results A prominent and statistically significant 1:4 peak (corresponding to period-4 dynamics) was seen in three of the six studied hearts. Local analysis revealed the spatiotemporal distribution of higher-order periods. Period-4 was localized to temporally stable islands. Higher-order oscillations (period-5, 6, and 8) were transient and primarily occurred in arcs parallel to the activation isochrones.Discussion We present evidence of higher-order periodicities and the co-existence of such regions with stable non-chaotic areas in ex-vivo human hearts before VF induction. This result is consistent with the period-doubling route to chaos as a possible mechanism of VF initiation, which complements the concordant to discordant alternans mechanism. The presence of higher-order regions may act as niduses of instability that can degenerate into chaotic fibrillation..
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| 520 | |a Abstract Background Repolarization alternans, defined as period-2 oscillation in the repolarization phase of the action potentials, is one of the cornerstones of cardiac electrophysiology as it provides a mechanistic link between cellular dynamics and ventricular fibrillation (VF). Theoretically, higher-order periodicities (e.g., period-4, period-8,…) are expected but have very limited experimental evidence.Methods We studied explanted human hearts, obtained from the recipients of heart transplantation at the time of surgery, using optical mapping technique with transmembrane voltage-sensitive fluorescent dyes. The hearts were stimulated at an increasing rate until VF was induced. The signals recorded from the right ventricle endocardial surface just before the induction of VF and in the presence of 1:1 conduction were processed using the Principal Component Analysis and a combinatorial algorithm to detect and quantify higher-order dynamics.Results A prominent and statistically significant 1:4 peak (corresponding to period-4 dynamics) was seen in three of the six studied hearts. Local analysis revealed the spatiotemporal distribution of higher-order periods. Period-4 was localized to temporally stable islands. Higher-order oscillations (period-5, 6, and 8) were transient and primarily occurred in arcs parallel to the activation isochrones.Discussion We present evidence of higher-order periodicities and the co-existence of such regions with stable non-chaotic areas in ex-vivo human hearts before VF induction. This result is consistent with the period-doubling route to chaos as a possible mechanism of VF initiation, which complements the concordant to discordant alternans mechanism. The presence of higher-order regions may act as niduses of instability that can degenerate into chaotic fibrillation. | ||
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