Sympatho-vagal responses in patients with sleep and typical vasovagal syncope

Clinical Science

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Jardine, David L ^a   Krediet, C T Paul ^b   Cortelli, Pietro ^c   Frampton, Christopher M ^a   Wieling, Wouter ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Sympathetic nervous system; Tilt table testing; Vagus nerve; Vasovagal syncope

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL; OMEPRAZOLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEAD TILTING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOBIA; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP SYNCOPE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNCOPE, VASOVAGAL; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350523942     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080497     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Engel, G. L. (1978) Psychologic stress, vasodepressor (vasovagal) syncope and sudden death. Ann. Intern. Med. 89, 403-412
2. Burke, D., Sundlof, G. and Wallin, G. (1977) Postural effects on muscle nerve sympathetic activity in man. J. Physiol. 272, 399-414
3. Stevens, P. (1966) Cardiovascular dynamics during orthostasis and the influence of intravascular instrumentation. Am. J. Cardiol. 17, 211-218
4. Stewart, J. M., McLoed, K. J., Sanyal, S., Herzberg, G. and Montglomery, L. D. (2004) Relation of postural vasovagal syncope to splanchnic hypervolemia in adolescents. Circulation 110, 2575-2581
5. Weissler, A. M., Warren, J. V., Estes, E. H., McIntosh, H. D. and Leonard, J. J. (1957) Vasodepressor syncope. Factors influencing cardiac output. Circulation 15, 875-882
6. Fu, Q., Witkowski, S. and Levine, B. D. (2004) Vasoconstrictor reserve and sympathetic neural control of orthostatsis. Circulation 110, 2931-2937
7. Alboni, P., Brignole, M. and Uberti, E. C. (2007) Is vasovagal syncope a disease? Europace 9, 83-87
8. Krediet, C. T. P., Jardine, D. L., Cortelli, P., Visman, A. G. and Wieling, W. (2004) Vasovagal syncope interrupting sleep? Heart 90, e25
9. Jardine, D. L., Krediet, C. T. P., Cortelli, P. and Wieling, W. (2006) Fainting in your sleep? Clin. Auton. Res. 16, 76-78
10. Mark, A. L., Victor, R. G., Nerhed, C. and Wallin, B. G. (1985) Microneurographic studies of the mechanisms of sympathetic nerve responses to static exercise in humans. Circ. Res. 57, 461-469
11. Victor, R. G., Pryor, S. L., Secher, N. H. and Mitchell, J. H. (1989) Effects of partial neuromuscular blockade on sympathetic nerve responses to static exercise in humans. Circ. Res. 65, 468-476
12. Victor, R. G., Liembach, W. N., Seals, D. R., Wallin, B. G. and Mark, A. L. (1987) Effects of the cold pressor test on muscle sympathetic nerve activity in humans. Hypertension 9, 429-436
13. Fagius, J., Karhuvaara, S. and Sundlof, G. (1989) The cold pressor test: effects on sympathetic nerve activity in human muscle and skin fasicles. Acta Physiol. Scand. 137, 325-334
14. Mosqueda-Garcia, R., Furlan, R., Fernandes-Violante, R., Desai, T., Snell, M., Jarai, Z., Ananthram, V., Robertson, R. M. and Robertson, D. (1997) Sympathetic and baroreceptor reflex function in neurally mediated syncope evoked by tilt. J. Clin. Invest. 99, 2736-2744
15. Fadel, P. J., Stromstad, M., Hansen, J., Sander, M., Horn, K., Ogoh, S., Smith, M. L., Secher, N. H. and Raven, P. B. (2001) Arterial baroreflex control of sympathetic nerve activity during acute hypotension: effect of fitness. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 280, H2524-H2532
16. Hagbarth, K. E. and Vallbo, A. B. (1968) Pulse and respiratory grouping of sympathetic impulses in human muscle nerves. Acta Physiol. Scand. 74, 96-108
17. Sundlof, G. and Wallin, G. (1977) The variability of muscle sympathetic nerve activity in resting and recumbent man. J. Physiol. 272, 383-397
18. Sundlof, G. and Wallin, B. G. (1978) Human muscle nerve sympathetic activity at rest. Relationship to blood pressure and age. J. Physiol. 274, 621-637
19. Anderson, E. A., Sinkey, C. A., Lawton, W. J. and Mark, A. (1989) Elevated sympathetic nerve activity in borderline hypertensive humans. Hypertension 14, 177-183
20. Leimbach, W. N., Wallin, G., Victor, R. G., Aylward, P. E., Sundlof, G. and Mark, A. (1986) Direct evidence from interaneuaral recordings for increased central sympathetic outflow in patients with heart failure. Circulation 73, 913-919
21. Mizushima, T., Tajima, F., Nakamura, T., Yanamoto, M., Lee, K. H. and Ogata, H. (1998) Muscle sympathetic nerve activity during cold pressor test in patients with cerebrovascular accidents. Stroke 29, 607-612
22. Morrillo, C. A., Eckberg, D. L., Ellenbogen, K. A., Beightol, L. A., Hoag, J. B., Tahvanainen, K. U. O., Kuusela, T. A. and Diedrich, A. M. (1997) Vagal and sympathetic mechanisms in patients with orthostatic syncope. Circulation 96, 2509-2513
23. Kamiya, A., Hayano, J., Kawada, T., Michikami, D., Yamamoto, K., Ariumi, H., Shimizu, S., Uemura, K., Miyamoto, T., Aiba, T. et al. (2005) Low-frequency oscillation of nerve activity decreases during development of tilt-induced syncope preceding sympathetic withdrawal and tachycardia. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 298, H1758-H1769
24. Van den Berg, M. P. and Smit, A. (1997) Bedside autonomic function testing in patients with vasovagal syncope. Pacing Clin. Electrophysiol. 20, 2039-2042
25. Kowalewski, M. A. and Urban, M. (2004) Short- and long-term reproducibility of autonomic measures in supine and standing positions. Clin. Sci. 106, 61-66
26. Shoemaker, J. K., Hogeman, C. S., Khan, M., Kimmerly, D. S. and Sinoway, L. I. (2001) Gender affects sympathetic and hemodynamic response to postural stress. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 281, H2028-H2035
27. Jardine, D. L., Ikram, H., Frampton, C. M., Frethey, R., Bennett, S. I. and Crozier, I. G. (1998) The autonomic control of vasovagal syncope. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 274, H2110-H2115
28. Glick, G. and Yu, P. (1963) Hemodynamic changes during spontaneous vasovagal reactions. Am. J. Med. 34, 42-51
29. Hainsworth, R. (2004) Pathophysiology of syncope. Clin. Auton. Res. 14 (Suppl. 1), 18-24
30. Bechir, M., Binggeli, C., Corti, R., Chenevard, R., Spieker, L., Ruschitzka, F., Luscher, T. F. and Noll, G. (2003) Dysfunctional baroreflex regulation of sympathetic nerve activity in patients with vasovagal syncope. Circulation 107, 1620-1625
31. Wahbha, M. M., Morley, C. A., Al-Shamma, M. H. and Hainsworth, R. (1989) Cardiovascular reflex responses in patients with unexplained syncope. Clin. Sci. 77, 547-553
32. Sneddon, J. F., Counihan, P. J., Bashir, Y., Haywood, G. A., Ward, D. E. and Camm, A. J. (1993) Assessment of autonomic function in patients with neurally mediated syncope: augmented cardiopulmonary baroreceptor responses to graded orthostatic stress. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 21, 1193-1198
33. Pitzalis, M., Parati, G., Massari, F., Guida, P., Di Rienzo, M., Rizzon, B., Castiglioni, P., Iacoviello, M., Mastropasqua, F. and Rizzon, P. (2003) Enhanced reflex response to baroreceptor deactivation in subjects with tilt-induced syncope. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 41, 1167-1173
34. Adler, P. S., France, C. and Ditto, B. (1991) Baroreflex sensitivity at rest in individuals with a history of vasovagal syncope. J. Psychosom. Res. 35, 591-597
35. van Lieshout, J., Wieling, W. and Karemaker, J. (1997) Neural circulatory control in vasovagal syncope. Pacing Clin. Electrophysiol. 20, 753-763
36. Scherrer, U., Vissing, S., Morgan, B. J., Hanson, P. and Victor, R. G. (1990) Vasovagal syncope after infusion of a vasodilator in a heart transplant recipient. N. Eng. J. Med. 323, 602-604
37. Graham, D. T. (1961) Prediction of fainting in blood donors. Circulation 23, 901-906
38. Sarlo, M., Buodo, G., Munafo, M., Stegagno, L. and Palomba, D. (2008) Cardiovascular dynamics in blood phobia: evidence for a key role of sympathetic activity in vulnerability to syncope. Psychophysiology 45, 1038-1045
39. Peckerman, A., Huwitz, B. E., Saab, P. G., Llabre, M. M., McCabe, P. M. and Schneiderman, N. (1994) Stimulus of the cold pressor test and the associated patterns of cardiovascular disease. Psychophysiology 31, 282-290
40. Cui, J.,Wilson, T. E. and Crandall, C. G. (2002) Baroreflex modulation of muscle sympathetic nerve activity during cold pressor test in humans. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 282, H1717-H1723
41. Brignole, M., Croci, F., Menozzi, C., Solano, A., Donateo, P., Oddone, D., Puggioni, E. and Lolli, G. (2002) Isometric arm counter-pressure maneouvers to abort impending vasovagal syncope. J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 40, 2053-2059
42. Fu, Q., Arbab-Zadeh, A., Perhonen, M. A., Zhang, R., Zuckerman, J. H. and Levine, B. D. (2004) Hemodynamics of orthostatic intolerance: implications for gender differences. Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. 286, H449-H457
43. Somers, V. K., Dyken, M. E., Mark, A. L. and Abboud, F. M. (1993) Sympathetic activity during sleep in normal subjects. N. Eng. J. Med. 328, 303-307
44. Donadio, V., Liguori, R., Elam, M., Karlsson, T., Montagna, P., Cortelli, P., Baruzzi, A. andWallin, G. (2007) Arousal elicits exaggerated inhibition of sympathetic nerve activity in phobic syncope patients. Brain 130, 1653-1662