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Effect of autonomic blocking agents on the respiratory-related oscillations of ventricular action potential duration in humans

van Duijvenboden, S; Hanson, B; Child, N; Orini, M; Rinaldi, CA; Gill, JS; Taggart, P; (2015) Effect of autonomic blocking agents on the respiratory-related oscillations of ventricular action potential duration in humans. AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology , 309 (12) H2108-H2117. 10.1152/ajpheart.00560.2015. Green open access

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Abstract

Ventricular action potential duration (APD) is an important component of many physiological functions including arrhythmogenesis. APD oscillations have recently been reported in humans at the respiratory frequency. This study investigates the contribution of the autonomic nervous system to these oscillations. In 10 patients undergoing treatment for supraventricular arrhythmias, activation recovery intervals (ARI; a conventional surrogate for APD) were measured from multiple left and right ventricular (RV) endocardial sites, together with femoral artery pressure. Respiration was voluntarily regulated and heart rate clamped by RV pacing. Sympathetic and parasympathetic blockade was achieved using intravenous metoprolol and atropine, respectively. Metroprolol reduced the rate of pressure development (maximal change in pressure over time): 1,271 (± 646) vs. 930 (± 433) mmHg/s; P < 0.01. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) showed a trend to decrease after metoprolol, 133 (± 21) vs. 128 (± 25) mmHg; P = 0.06, and atropine infusion, 122 (± 26) mmHg; P < 0.05. ARI and SBP exhibited significant cyclical variations (P < 0.05) with respiration in all subjects with peak-to-peak amplitudes ranging between 0.7 and 17.0 mmHg and 1 and 16 ms, respectively. Infusion of metoprolol reduced the mean peak-to-peak amplitude [ARI, 6.2 (± 1.4) vs. 4.4 (± 1.0) ms, P = 0.008; SBP, 8.4 (± 1.6) vs. 6.2 (± 2.0) mmHg, P = 0.002]. The addition of atropine had no significant effect. ARI, SBP, and respiration showed significant coupling (P < 0.05) at the breathing frequency in all subjects. Directed coherence from respiration to ARI was high and reduced after metoprolol infusion [0.70 (± 0.17) vs. 0.50 (± 0.23); P < 0.05]. These results suggest a role of respiration in modulating the electrophysiology of ventricular myocardium in humans, which is partly, but not totally, mediated by β-adrenergic mechanisms.

Type: Article
Title: Effect of autonomic blocking agents on the respiratory-related oscillations of ventricular action potential duration in humans
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00560.2015
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00560.2015
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2015 the American Physiological Society Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY 3.0
Keywords: cardiac electrophysiology, parasympathetic blockade, respiration, β-adrenergic blockade
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476361
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