Postoperative ventricular arrhythmias after cardiac surgery: Immediate- and long-term significance

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 619-625

  Brembilla Perrot, Béatrice ^a   Villemot, Jean Pierre ^a   Carteaux, Jean Pierre ^a   Haouzi, Annick ^a   Amrein, Danièle ^a   Schöth, Bruno ^a   Houriez, Pierre ^a   Beurrier, Daniel ^a   Djaballah, Karim ^a   Vançon, Anne Claire ^a   Nippert, Marc ^a  

^a CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Heart rate variability; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS; REDUCTION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0042453943     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00103.x     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Pires LA, Wagshal AB, Lancey R. Arrhythmias and conduction disturbances after coronary artery bypass surgery: Epidemiology, management, and prognosis. Am Heart J 1986; 129:799-808.
2. Dixon E, Genton E, Vack JL, et al. Factors predisposing to supraventricular tachyarrhythmias after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 1986; 58:476-478.
3. Kowey PR. Atrial arrhythmias after cardiac surgery: Sisyphus revisited? J Am Coll Cardiol 1999; 34:348-350.
4. Cagli K, Göl K, Keles T, et al. Risk factors associated with development of atrial fibrillation early after coronary bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 2000; 85:1259-1261.
5. Deliargyris EN, Raymond RJ, Guzzo JA, et al. Preoperative factors predisposing to early postoperative atrial fibrillation after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 2000; 85:763-764.
6. Kron IL, DiMarco IP, Harman PK, et al. Unanticipated postoperative ventricular tachyarrhythmias. Ann Thorac Surg 1984; 38:317-322.
7. Chíolero R, Borgeat A, Fisher A. Postoperative arrhythmias and risk factors after open heart surgery. J Cardiovasc Surg 1981; 39:81-84.
8. Tam SKC, Miller JM, Edmunds LH. Unexpected sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias after cardiac operations. J Cardiovasc Surg 1991; 102:883-889.
9. Costeas XP, Schoenfeld MH. Usefulness of electrophysiologic studies for now-onset sustained tachyarrhythmias shortly after coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 1993; 72:1291-1294.
10. Natale A, Sra J, Axtell K, et al. Ventricular fibrillation and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia after coronary artery bypass grafting. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1994; 5:988-994.
11. Azar RR, Berns E, Seecharran B, et al. De novo monomorphic and polymorphic ventricular tachycardia following coronary artery bypass grafting. Am J Cardiol 1997; 80:76-78.
12. Bigger JT, Whang W, Rottman JN, et al. Mechanisms of death in the CABG trial. A randomized trial of implantable cardiac defibrillator prophylaxis in patients at risk of death after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Circulation 1999; 99:1416-1421.
13. Brembilla-Perrot B, Donetti J, Terrier de la Chaise A, et al. Diagnostic value of ventricular stimulation in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1991; 121:1124-1131.
14. Holmes DR, Davis KB, Mock MB, et al. The effect of medical and surgical treatment on subsequent sudden cardiac death in patients with coronary artery disease: A report from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study. Circulation 1986; 73:1254-1263.
15. European Coronary Surgery Study Group. Long-term results of prospective randomised study of coronary artery bypass surgery in stable angina pectoris. Lancet 1982; 2:1173-1180.
16. Veenhuyzn GD, Singh SN, McAreavey D, et al. Prior coronary artery bypass surgery and risk of death among patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. Circulation 2001; 104:1489-1493.
17. Hallstrom AP, McAnulty JH, Wilkof BL, et al. Patients at lower risk of arrhythmia recurrence: A subgroup in whom implantable defibrillators may not offer benefit. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 37:1093-1099.
18. Kelly P, Ruskin JN, Vlahakes GJ, et al. Surgical coronary revascularization in survivors of prehospital cardiac arrest: Its effect on inducible ventricular arrhythmias and long-term survival. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990; 15:267-273.
19. Bigger JTh, Fleiss JL, Rolnitzky LM, et al. Frequency domain measures of heart period variability to assess risk late after myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 21:729-736.
20. Tsuji H, Larson MC, Venditti FJ, et al. Impact of reduced heart rate variability on risk for cardiac events. The Framingham Heart Study. Circulation 1996; 94:2850-2855.
21. Tsuji H, Venditti FJ, Manders ES, et al. Determinants of heart rate variability. J Am Coll Cardiol 1996; 28:1539-1546.
22. Bernardi Z, Salvicci F, Suardi R, et al. Evidence for an intrinsic mechanism regulating heart rate variability in the transplanted and the intact heart during submaximal dynamic exercise. Cardiovasc Res 1990; 24:969-981.
23. Sands KE, Appel ML, Lilly LS, et al. Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability in human cardiac transplant recipients. Circulation 1989; 79:76-82.
24. Fallen EL, Kamath MV, Ghisha DN, et al. Spectral analysis of heart rate variability following human heart transplantation: Evidence for functional reinnervation. J Autonomic Nerv Syst 1988; 23:199-206.
25. Brembilla-Perrot B, Jacquelin L, Beurrier D. Altération de la variabilité sinusale après chirurgie cardiaque. Ann Cardiol Angeiol 1998; 47:149-154.
26. Trusz-Gluza M, Orszulak W, Szydlo K, et al. Impact of coronary artery bypass grafting on heart rate variability. (abstract) Eur J Cardiac Pacing Electrophysiol 1996; 6:120.
27. Amar D, Roistacher N, Shi W. Autonomic tone after thoracic surgery. (abstract) Eur J Cardiac Pacing Electrophysiol 1996; 6:119.
28. Dimmer C, Tavernier R, Peene I, et al. Autonomic parameters in atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting assessed with Holter monitoring. (abstract) Eur J Cardiac Pacing Electrophysiol 1996; 6:108.
29. Coumel PH. Cardiac arrhythmias and autonomic nervous system. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1993; 4:338-355.
30. Willich SN, Machine M, Mittleman M, et al. Sudden cardiac death. Support for a role of triggering in causation. Circulation 1993; 87:1422-1450.
31. Borggrefe M, Candinas R, Hief G, et al. New electrophysiologic findings for the inducibility of ventricular tachyarrhythmias: Comparative study for the induction of VT/VF during sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation. (abstract) Eur Heart J 1991; 12:85.
32. Alexander MG, PogIeter PD. Atypical ventricular tachycardia (torsade de pointes). A postoperative enigma. Anaesthesia 1983; 38:264-275.
33. Stratmann HG, Kennedy HL. Torsades de pointe associated with drugs and toxins recognition and management. Am Heart J 1987; 113:1470-1481.
34. Prichard BNC, Robin JM. Beta-blockade and surgery. Eur Heart J 2001; 22:1253-1255.