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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021

Severe Bradycardia Increases the Incidence and Severity of Torsade de Pointes Arrhythmias by Augmenting Preexistent Spatial Dispersion of Repolarization in the CAVB Dog Model.

Valerie Y H van Weperen, Albert Dunnink, Alexandre Bossu, Jet D M Beekman, Veronique M F Meijborg, Jacques M T de Bakker, Ruben Coronel, Rosanne Varkevisser, Marcel A G van der Heyden, Marc A Vos

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  1. Chronically altered ventricular activation causes pro-arrhythmic cardiac electrical remodelling in the chronic AV block dog model.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023
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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Valerie Y H van WeperenDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Albert DunninkDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Alexandre BossuDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Jet D M BeekmanDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Veronique M F MeijborgDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Jacques M T de BakkerDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ruben CoronelDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC Locatie AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Rosanne VarkevisserDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Marcel A G van der HeydenDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Marc A VosDepartment of Medical Physiology, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLAmsterdam University Medical Centers · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTorsade de pointes arrhythmias (TdP) in the chronic atrioventricular block (CAVB) dog model result from proarrhythmic factors, which trigger TdP and/or reinforce the arrhythmic substrate. This study investigated electrophysiological and arrhythmogenic consequences of severe bradycardia for TdP.

methodsDofetilide (25 μg/kg per 5 min) was administered to eight anesthetized, idioventricular rhythm (IVR) remodeled CAVB dogs in two serial experiments: once under 60 beats per minute (bpm), right ventricular apex paced (RVA60) conditions, once under more bradycardic IVR conditions. Recordings included surface electrocardiogram and short-term variability (STV) of repolarization from endocardial unipolar electrograms. TdP inducibility (three or more episodes within 10 min after start of dofetilide) and arrhythmic activity scores (AS) were established. Mapping experiments in 10 additional dogs determined the effect of lowering rate on STV and spatial dispersion of repolarization (SDR) in baseline.

resultsIVR-tested animals had longer baseline RR-interval (1,403 ± 271 ms) and repolarization intervals than RVA60 animals. Dofetilide increased STV similarly under both rhythm strategies. Nevertheless, TdP inducibility and AS were higher under IVR conditions (6/8 and 37 ± 27 vs. 1/8 and 8 ± 12 in RVA60, respectively, both

conclusionIn CAVB dogs, severe bradycardia increases the probability and severity of arrhythmic events by heterogeneously causing electrophysiological instability, which is mainly reflected in an increased spatial, and to a lesser extent temporal, dispersion of repolarization.

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arrhythmogenesisCAVB dog modelsevere bradycardiaspatial dispersion of repolarizationsudden cardiac deathtemporal dispersion of repolarizationTorsade de Pointes

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