Favorable effects of carotid endarterectomy on baroreflex sensitivity and cardiovascular neural modulation: A 4-month follow-up

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 304, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dalla Vecchia, Laura ^a   Barbic, Franca ^b   Galli, Andrea ^c   Pisacreta, Massimo ^d   Gornati, Rosella ^d   Porretta, Tiziano ^d   Porta, Alberto ^e   Furlan, Raffaello ^b,f  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial baroreflex sensitivity; Autonomic nervous system; Carotid endarterectomy; Head up tilt test; Power spectrum analysis

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VAGUS REFLEX; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ARTERIAL BAROREFLEX SENSITIVITY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; HEAD-UP TILT TEST; POWER SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC BODIES; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BAROREFLEX; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSORECEPTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879160673     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00078.2013     Document Type: Article

References (52)

1. Akinola A, Mathias CJ, Mansfield A, Thomas D, Wolfe J, Nicolaides AN, Tegos T. Cardiovascular, autonomic, and plasma catecholamine responses in unilateral and bilateral carotid artery stenosis. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 67: 428-432, 1999.
2. Baselli G, Cerutti S, Civardi S, Liberati D, Lombardi F, Malliani A, Pagani M. Spectral and cross-spectral analysis of heart rate and arterial blood pressure variability signals. Comput Biomed Res 19: 520-534, 1986.
3. Bishop VS, Malliani A, Thoren P. Cardiac mechanoreceptors. In: Handbook of Physiology. The Cardiovascular System. Peripheral Circulation and Organ Blood Flow. Bethesda, MD: Am Physiol Soc. 1983, sect. 2, vol. III, p. 497-555.
4. Cai GJ, Li L, Xie HH, Xu JJ, Miao CY, Su DF. Morphological evidence of reinnervation of the baroreceptive regions in sinoaortic-denervated rats. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 30: 925-929, 2003.
5. Cao JM, Fishbein MC, Han JB, Lai WW, Lai AC, Wu TJ, Czer L, Wolf PL, Denton TA, Shintaku IP, Chen PS, Chen LS. Relationship between regional cardiac hyperinnervation and ventricular arrhythmia. Circulation 101: 1960-1969, 2000.
6. Cao P, Giordano G, De Rango P, Zannetti S, Chiesa R, Coppi G, Palombo D, Peinetti F, Spartera C, Stancanelli V, Vecchiati E. Eversion versus conventional carotid endarterectomy: late results of a prospective multicenter randomized trial. J Vasc Surg 31: 19-30, 2000.
7. Dalla Vecchia L, Mangini A, Di Biasi P, Santoli C, Malliani A. Improvement of left ventricular function and cardiovascular neural control after endoventriculoplasty and myocardial revascularization. Cardiovasc Res 37: 101-107, 1998.
8. De Ferrari GM, Sanzo A, Bertoletti A, Specchia G, Vanoli E, Schwartz PJ. Baroreflex sensitivity predicts long-term cardiovascular mortality after myocardial infarction even in patients with preserved left ventricular function. J Am Coll Cardiol 50: 2285-2290, 2007.
9. Demirel S, Macek L, Bruijnen H, Hakimi M, Böckler D, Attigah N. Eversion carotid endarterectomy is associated with decreased baroreceptor sensitivity compared to the conventional technique. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 44: 1-8, 2012.
10. Esler M, Jennings G, Lambert G, Meredith I, Horne M, Eisenhofer G. Overflow of catecholamine neurotransmitters to the circulation: source, fate, and functions. Physiol Rev 70: 963-985, 1990.
11. Furlan R, Jacob G, Palazzolo L, Rimoldi A, Diedrich A, Harris PA, Porta A, Malliani A, Mosqueda-Garcia R, Robertson D. Sequential modulation of cardiac autonomic control induced by cardiopulmonary and arterial baroreflex mechanisms. Circulation 104: 2932-2937, 2001.
12. Furlan R, Guzzetti S, Crivellaro W, Dassi S, Tinelli M, Baselli G, Cerutti S, Lombardi F, Pagani M, Malliani A. Continuous 24 hour assessment of the neural regulation of systemic arterial pressure and RR variabilities in ambulant subjects. Circulation 81: 537-547, 1990.
13. Furlan R, Piazza S, Dell'Orto S, Barbic F, Bianchi A, Mainardi L, Cerutti S, Pagani M, Malliani A. Cardiac autonomic patterns preceding occasional vasovagal reactions in healthy white humans. Circulation 98: 1756-1761, 1998.
14. Furlan R, Porta A, Costa F, Tank J, Baker L, Schiavi R, Robertson D, Malliani A, Mosqueda-Garcia R. Oscillatory patterns in sympathetic neural discharge and cardiovascular variables during orthostatic stimulus. Circulation 101: 886-892, 2000.
15. Gianaros PJ, Jennings JR, Olafsson GB, Steptoe A, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Muldoon MF, Manuk SB. Greater intima-media thickness in the carotid bulb is associated with reduced baroreflex sensitivity. Am J Hypertens 15: 486-491, 2002.
16. Goldberger JJ, Cain ME, Hohnloser SH, Kadish AH, Knight BP, Lauer MS, Maron BJ, Page RL, Passman RS, Siscovick D, Siscovick D, Stevenson WG, Zipes DP, American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology Foundation, Heart Rhythm Society. American Heart Association/ American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society scientific statement on noninvasive risk stratification techniques for identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. Circulation 118: 1497-1518, 2008.
17. Guzzetti S, Cogliati C, Turiel M, Crema C, Lombardi F, Malliani A. Sympathetic predominance followed by functional denervation in the progression of chronic heart failure. Eur Heart J 16: 1100-1107, 1995.
18. Hirschl M, Kundi M, Blazek G. Five-year follow-up of patients after thromboendarterectomy of the internal carotid artery: relevance of baroreceptor sensitivity. Stroke 27: 1167-1172, 1996.
19. Hirschl M, Kundi M, Hirschl MM, Liebisch B, Magometschnigg D. Blood pressure responses after carotid surgery: relationship to postoperative baroreceptor sensitivity. Am J Med 94: 463-468, 1993.
20. Huang CC, Wu YS, Chen T, Du YC, Wu CJ, Yip HK, Tsai NW, Tan TY, Chuang YC, Wang HC, Lu CH. Long-term effects of baroreflex function after stenting in patients with carotid artery stenosis. Auton Neurosci 158: 100-104, 2010.
21. Hunt BE, Farquhar WB. Nonlinearities and asymmetries of the human cardiovagal baroreflex. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 288: R1339-R1346, 2005.
22. Johansson JK, Niiranen TJ, Puukka PJ, Jula AM. Prognostic value of the variability in home-measured blood pressure and heart rate: the Finn-Home Study. Hypertension 59: 212-218, 2012.
23. Kikuya M, Hozawa A, Ohokubo T, Tsuji I, Michimata M, Matsubara M, Ota M, Nagai K, Araki T, Satoh H, Ito S, Hisamichi S, Imai Y. Prognostic significance of blood pressure and heart rate variabilities: the Ohasama study. Hypertension 36: 901-906, 2000.
24. Koch DD, Polzin GL. Effect of sample preparation and liquid chromatography column choice on selectivity and precision of plasma catecholamine determination. J Chromatogr 386: 19-24, 1987.
25. La Rovere MT, Bigger JT Jr, Marcus FI, Mortara A, Schwartz PJ. 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 351: 478-484, 1998.
26. La Rovere MT, Pinna GD, Hohnloser SH, Marcus FI, Mortara A, Nohara R, Bigger JT Jr, Camm AJ, Schwartz PJ. Baroreflex sensitivity and heart rate variability in the identification of patients at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias: implications for clinical trials. Circulation 103: 2072-2077, 2001.
27. La Rovere MT, Schwartz PJ. Baroreflex sensitivity as a cardiac and arrhythmia mortality risk stratifier. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 20: 2602-2613, 1997.
28. Lipman RD, Salisbury JK, Taylor JA. Spontaneous indexes are inconsistent with arterial baroreflex gain. Hypertension 42: 481-487, 2003.
29. Lucini D, Mela GS, Malliani A, Pagani M. Impairment in cardiac autonomic regulation preceding arterial hypertension in humans: insights from spectral analysis of beat-by-beat cardiovascular variability. Circulation 106: 2673-2679, 2002.
30. Malliani A, Lombardi F, Pagani M, Cerutti S. Power spectral analysis of cardiovascular variability in patients at risk for sudden cardiac death. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 5: 274-286, 1994.
31. Malliani A, Pagani M, Lombardi F, Cerutti S. Cardiovascular neural regulation explored in the frequency domain. Circulation 84: 482-492, 1991.
32. Monahan KD, Tanaka H, Dinenno FA, Seals DR. Central arterial compliance is associated with age- and habitual exercise-related differences in cardiovagal baroreflex sensitivity. Circulation 104: 1627-1632, 2001.
33. Nasr N, Pavy-Le Traon A, Larrue V. Baroreflex sensitivity is impaired in bilateral carotid atherosclerosis. Stroke 36: 1891-1895, 2005.
34. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. Beneficial effect of carotid endarterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med 325: 445-453, 1991.
35. Nouraei SA, Al Rawi PG, Sigaudo-Roussel D, Giussani DA, Gaunt ME. Carotid endarterectomy impairs blood pressure homeostasis by reducing the physiologic baroreflex reserve. J Vasc Surg 41: 631-637, 2005.
36. Okada Y, Galbreath MM, Shibata S, Jarvis SS, VanGundy TB, Meier RL, Vongpatanasin W, Levine BD, Fu Q. Relationship between sympathetic baroreflex sensitivity and arterial stiffness in elderly men and women. Hypertension 59: 98-104, 2012.
37. Paciaroni M, Eliasziw M, Sharpe BL, Kappelle LJ, Chaturvedi S, Meldrum H, Barnett HJ. Long-term clinical and angiographic outcomes in symptomatic patients with 70% to 99% carotid artery stenosis. Stroke 31: 2037-2042, 2000.
38. Pagani M, Lombardi F, Guzzetti S, Rimoldi O, Furlan R, Pizzinelli P, Sandrone G, Malfatto G, Dell'Orto S, Piccaluga E, Turiel M, Baselli G, Cerutti S, Malliani A. Power spectral analysis of heart rate and arterial pressure variabilities as a marker of sympatho-vagal interaction in man and conscious dog. Circ Res 59: 178-193, 1986.
39. Porta A, Castiglioni P, Di Rienzo M, Bassani T, Bari V, Faes L, Nollo G, Cividjian A, Quintin L. Cardiovascular control and time domain Granger causality: insight from selective autonomic blockade. Philos Trans R Soc A. In press.
40. Raizner AE, Chahine RA, Ishimori T, Verani MS, Zacca N, Jamal N, Miller RR, Luchi RJ. Provocation of coronary artery spasm by the cold pressor test. Hemodynamic, arteriographic and quantitative angiographic observations. Circulation 62: 925-932, 1980.
41. Robertson D, Flattem N, Tellioglu T, Carson R, Garland E, Shannon JR, Jordan J, Jacob G, Blakely RD, Biaggioni I. Familial orthostatic tachycardia due to norepinephrine transporter deficiency. Ann NY Acad Sci 940: 527-543, 2001.
42. Robinson TG, Dawson SL, Eames PJ, Panerai RB, Potter JF. Cardiac baroreceptor sensitivity predicts long-term outcome after acute ischemic stroke. Stroke 34: 705-712, 2003.
43. Rudas L, Crossman AA, Morillo CA, Halliwill JR, Tahvanainen KU, Kuusela TA, Eckberg DL. Human sympathetic and vagal baroreflex responses to sequential nitroprusside and phenylephrine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 276: H1691-H1698, 1999.
44. Sander D, Winbeck K, Klingelhofer J, Etgen T, Conrad B. Prognostic relevance of pathological sympathetic activation after acute thromboembolic stroke. Neurology 57: 833-838, 2001.
45. Saul JP, Arai Y, Berger RD, Lilly LS, Colucci WS, Cohen RJ. Assessment of autonomic regulation in chronic congestive heart failure by heart rate spectral analysis. Am J Cardiol 61: 1292-1299, 1988.
46. Shannon JR, Flattem NL, Jordan J, Jacob G, Black BK, Biaggioni I, Blakely RD, Robertson D. Orthostatic intolerance and tachycardia associated with norepinephrine-transporter deficiency. N Engl J Med 342: 541-549, 2000.
47. Sigaudo-Roussel D, Evans DH, Naylor AR, Panerai RB, London NL, Bell P, Gaunt ME. Deterioration in carotid baroreflex during carotid endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg 36: 793-798, 2002.
48. Task Force of the European Society of Cardiology and North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology. Heart rate variability: standards of measurement, physiological interpretation and clinical use. Circulation 93: 1043-1065, 1996.
49. Thrasher TN. Arterial baroreceptor input contributes to long-term control of blood pressure. Curr Hypertens Rep 8: 249-254, 2006.
50. Timmers HJ, Buskens FG, Wieling W, Karemaker JM, Lenders JW. Long-term effects of unilateral carotid endarterectomy on arterial baroreflex function. Clin Auton Res 14: 72-79, 2004.
51. Vaseghi M, Lux RL, Mahajan A, Shivkumar K. Sympathetic stimulation increases dispersion of repolarization in humans with myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 302: H1838-H1846, 2012.
52. Witte MB, Barbul A. General principles of wound healing. Surg Clin North Am 77: 509-528, 1997.