Low-Level Carotid Baroreceptor Stimulation Suppresses Ventricular Arrhythmias during Acute Ischemia
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- 6 October 2014
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLOS ONE
- Vol. 9 (10), e109313
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109313
Abstract
The autonomic imbalance during acute ischemia is involved in the occurrence of life-threatening arrhythmias. To investigate the effect of autonomic nervous system (ANS) modulation by low-level carotid baroreceptor stimulation (LL-CBS) on ventricular ischemia arrhythmias. Anesthetized dogs were received either sham treatment (SHAM group, n = 10) or LL-CBS treatment (LL-CBS group, n = 10). The voltage lowering the blood pressure was used as the threshold for setting LL-CBS at 80% below the threshold. Treatment started 1 hour before left anterior descending coronary (LAD) occlusion, and continued until the end of experience. Ventricular effective refractory periods (ERP), monophasic action potential duration at 90% (APD90), ventricular arrhythmias, indices of heart rate variability, left stellate ganglion nerve activity (LSGNA) and infarct sizes were measured and analyzed. Ventricular ischemia resulted in an acute reduction of blood pressure, which was not significantly affected by LL-CBS. After 1 hour of LL-CBS, there was a progressive and significant increase in ERP, increase in APD90, and decrease in LSGNA vs the SHAM group (all PPPPP<0.05) compared with the SHAM group. Ischemic size was not affected by LL-CBS between the two groups. LL-CBS reduced the occurrences of ventricular arrhythmias during acute ischemia without affecting blood pressure. The procedure was associated with changes of electrophysiological characteristics, nerve activity and heart rate variability. Therefore, LL-CBS may protect from ventricular arrhythmias during acute ischemic events by modulating ANS.Keywords
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