Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks increase T-wave alternans

被引:10
作者
Lampert, Rachel
Soufer, Robert
McPherson, Craig A.
Batsford, William P.
Tirado, Stephanie
Earley, Christine
Goldberg, Anna
Shusterman, Vladimir
机构
[1] Yale Univ, Sch Med, Dept Med, New Haven, CT 06520 USA
[2] VA Connecticut Healthcare Syst, Dept Med, New Haven, CT USA
[3] Univ Pittsburgh, PinMed Inc, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
[4] Univ Pittsburgh, Cardiovasc Inc, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
关键词
defibrillation; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; T-wave alternans; repolarization;
D O I
10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00787.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Introduction: While implantable defibrillator shocks save lives, shock can lead to ventricular arrhythmias. However, the mechanism of shock-related proarrhythmia remains unclear. We evaluated the impact of ICD shock on repolarization instability, a factor associated with ventricular arrhythmogenesis. Methods and Results: Sixty-five patients with ICDs underwent ambulatory ECG monitoring during defibrillation testing 3 months postimplant. TWA was analyzed continuously in the time domain during baseline, sedated, and post-shock states. RR, QRS, and QT intervals and catecholamines were also measured continuously. Adequate pre- and post-shock Holter data were recorded in 55 patients, 48 male, mean 64 +/- 12 years, 50 with coronary disease, 48 with prior spontaneous or induced arrhythmia. TWA significantly increased after shock, from 9.6 +/- 0.5 to 11.9 +/- 0.6 mu V, as did QRS duration, epinephrine, and norepinephrine levels, compared with sedated and baseline states. RR intervals decreased minimally. TWA changes with shock were not associated with RR or QRS duration changes, but were associated with changes in epinephrine. Conclusions: ICD shock, even in the sedated state, increases repolarization instability as measured by TWA, an effect mediated in part by sympathetic stimulation. This association between shock and TWA may have important mechanistic and clinical implications for optimization of defibrillation therapy.
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