Reflex Cardiac Activity in Ischemia and ReperfusionHeart Rate Turbulence in Patients Undergoing Direct Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
作者:
Hendrik Bonnemeier,
Uwe Wiegand,
Julia Friedlbinder,
Simone Schulenburg,
Franz Hartmann,
Frank Bode,
Hugo Katus,
Gert Richardt,
期刊:
Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association
(OVID Available online 2003)
卷期:
Volume 108,
issue 8
页码: 958-964
ISSN:0009-7322
年代: 2003
出版商: OVID
关键词: myocardial infarction;heart rate turbulence;percutaneous coronary intervention;reperfusion
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
Background—Abnormal heart rate turbulence (HRT) is associated with an increased risk of mortality in the chronic phase of myocardial infarction (MI) in the prethrombolytic and thrombolytic eras. However, the impact of direct percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on HRT in the acute phase of MI and its association to the epicardial infarct-related arterial flow has not been examined.Methods and Results—We investigated HRT in 126 patients undergoing direct PCI for a first MI. Turbulence onset and turbulence slope were determined before reperfusion, during the initial 2 hours after reperfusion, and during hours 6 to 24 after reperfusion. HRT significantly improved after PCI. There were no significant differences in baseline clinical characteristics between Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction Trial classification (TIMI) 2 (n=28) and TIMI 3 (n=98) flow. After PCI, turbulence slope increased (13.2±11 to 18.1±12 ms/beat,P<0.001) and turbulence onset decreased (−0.008±0.04% to −0.023±0.04%,P<0.01) in patients with TIMI 3 flow after PCI, whereas there were no significant alterations of turbulence slope (12.2±10 to 12.8±6.5 ms/beat) and turbulence onset (−0.009±0.05% to −0.003±0.03%) in patients with TIMI 2 flow.Conclusions—The improvement of HRT after successful reperfusion is a previously unreported effect of direct PCI for acute MI, reflecting rapid restoration of baroreceptor response. The persistent impairment of HRT after PCI in patients with TIMI 2 flow indicates a sustained blunted baroreflex response and may reflect a more severe microvascular dysfunction.
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