Global impairment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity late after the Fontan operation

Circulation

Volumn 108, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Davos, Constantinos H ^b   Francis, Darrel P ^b   Leenarts, Marjolein F E ^b   Yap, Sing Chien ^b   Li, Wei ^b   Davlouros, Periklis A ^b   Wensel, Roland ^b   Coats, Andrew J S ^b   Piepoli, Massimo ^b   Sreeram, Narayanswami ^b   Gatzoulis, Michael A ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Baroreceptors; Fontan procedure; Heart rate heart rate variability; Nervous system autonomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEART SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RR INTERVAL; SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SYMPATHETIC TONE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TACHYCARDIA; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0042416965     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Driscoll DJ, Offord KP, Feldt RH, et al. Five- to fifteen-year follow-up after Fotan operation. Circulation. 1992;85:469-496.
2. Peters NS, Somerville J. Arrhythmias after the Fontan procedure. Br Heart J. 1992;68:199-204.
3. Cromme-Dijkhuis AH, Hess J, et al. Specific sequelae after Fontan operation at mid- and long-term follow-up. Arrhythmia, liver dysfunction, and coagulation disorders. J Thorac Cardiovasc Sur. 1993;106:1126-1132.
4. Balaji S, Johnson TB, Sade RM, et al. Management of atrial flutter after the Fontan procedure. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1994;23:1209-1215.
5. Garson Ajr, Bink-Boelken M, Hesslein PS, et al. Atrial flutter in the young: A collaborative study of 380 cases. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1985;6:871-878.
6. Rhodes LA, Walsh EP, Gamble WJ, et al. Benefits and potential risks of atrial antitachycardia pacing after repair of congenital heart disease. Pacing Clin.? Electrophysiol. 1995;18:1005-1016.
7. Triedman JK, Bergau DM, Saul JP, et al. Efficacy of radiofrequency ablation for control of intraatrial reentrant tachycardia inpatients with congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1997;30:1032-1038.
8. Deal BJ, Mavroudis C, Backer CL, et al. Impact of arrhythmia circuit cryoablation during Fontan conversion for refractory atrial tachycardia. Am J Cardiol. 1999;83:563-568.
9. Weber HS, Hellenbrand WE, Kleinman CS, et al. Predictors of rhythm disturbances and subsequent morbidity after the Fontan operation. Am J Cardiol. 1989;64:762-767.
10. Gelatt M, Hamilton RM, McCrindle BW, et al. Risk factors for atrial tachyarrhythmias after the Fontan operation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1994;24:1735-1741.
11. Fishberger SB, Wernovsky G, Gentles TL, et al. Factors that influence the development of atrial flutter after the Fontan operation. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1997;130:80-86.
12. Durongpisitkul K, Poerter CJ, Cetta F, et al. Predicators of early- and late-onset supraventricular tachycardias after Fontan operation. Circulation. 1998;98:1099-1107.
13. Gatzoulis MA, Munk MD, Williams WG, et al. Definitive palliation with cavopulmonary or aortopulmonary shunts for adults with single ventricle physiology. Heart. 2000;83:51-57.
14. Ponikowski P, Anker SD, Chua TP, et al. Depressed heart rate variability as an independent predictor of death in chronic congestive heart failure secondary to ischemic or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 1997;79:1645-1650.
15. Schwartz PJ. The autonomic nervous system and sudden death. Eur Heart J. 1998;19 Suppl F:F72-80.
16. Kleiger RE, Miller JP, Bigger JT, Jr., et al. Decreased heart rate variability and its association with increased mortality after acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol. 1987;59:256-262.
17. Bigger JT, Jr., Fleiss JL, Steinman RC, et al. Frequency domain measures of heart period variability and mortality after myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1992;85:164-171.
18. Farrell TG, Paul V, Cripps TR, et al. Baroreflex sensitivity and electrophysiological correlates in patients after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1991;83:945-952.
19. La Rovere MT, Bigger JT, Jr., Marcus FI, et al. Baroreflex sensitivity and heart-rate variability in prediction of total cardiac mortality after myocardial infarction. ATRAMI (Autonomic Tone and Reflexes After Myocardial Infarction) Investigators. Lancet. 1998;351:478-484.
20. Ohuchi H, Suzuki H, Toyohara K, et al. Abnormal cardiac autonomic nervous activity after right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. Circulation. 2000;102:2732-2738.
21. Davos CH, Davlouros PA, Wensel R, et al. Global impairement of the cardiac autonomic nervous activity late after repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Circulation. 2002;106:169-175.
22. Ohuchi H, Hasegawa S, Yasuda K, et al. Severely impaired cardiac automonic nervous activity after the Fontan operation. Circulation. 2001;104:1513-1518.
23. Davies LC, Francis D, Jurak P, et al. Reproducibility of methods for assessing baroreflex sensitivity in normal controls and in patients with chronic heart failure. Clin Sci (Colch). 1999;97:515-522.
24. Heart rate variability: standards of measurement, physiological interpretation and clinical use. Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and the North Am Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Circulation. 1996;93:1043-1065.
25. Bolger AP, Sharma R, Li W, et al. Neurohormonal activation and the chronic heart failure syndrome in adults with congenital heart disease. Circulation. 2002;106:92-99.