• J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. · Aug 2009

    Autonomic nervous system activity measured directly and QT interval variability in normal and pacing-induced tachycardia heart failure dogs.

    • Gianfranco Piccirillo, Damiano Magrì, Masahiro Ogawa, Juan Song, Voon J Chong, Seongwook Han, Boyoung Joung, Eue-Keun Choi, Samuel Hwang, Lan S Chen, Shien-Fong Lin, and Peng-Sheng Chen.
    • Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Invecchiamento, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. gianfranco.piccirillo@uniroma1.it
    • J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 2009 Aug 25; 54 (9): 840-50.

    ObjectivesThis study sought to find out more about the relationship between sympathetic and vagal nerve activity and the cardiac repolarization in a canine model of pacing-induced tachycardia congestive heart failure (CHF).BackgroundThe QT variability index (QTVI), a noninvasive marker of temporal cardiac repolarization dispersion, is among the risk factors for sudden death during CHF. Among factors influencing this variable are the myocardial damage and the autonomic nervous system activity typical of dilated cardiomyopathy.MethodsWe assessed autonomic nervous system activity recorded from an implanted data transmitter that monitored integrated left stellate-ganglion nervous activity, integrated vagus nerve activity, and electrocardiogram. We collected 36 segments recorded at baseline and 36 after induced CHF. We then arbitrarily identified recording segments as containing low or high sympathetic activity values, and we compared corrected QT intervals and the QTVI under a given sympathetic activity condition at baseline and after inducing CHF.ResultsIn the high sympathetic activity subgroup, both QT variables increased from baseline to CHF (corrected QT intervals, p < 0.01; QTVI, p < 0.05) whereas in the low sympathetic activity subgroup they remained unchanged. The baseline QTVI correlated inversely with integrated vagus nerve activity (r(2) = 0.16; beta = -0.47; p < 0.05) whereas, during CHF, the QTVI correlated directly with integrated left stellate-ganglion nervous activity (r(2) = 0.32; beta = 0.27, p < 0.01).ConclusionsDuring CHF, sympathetic activation is associated with an increase in the QT interval and QTVI. Because these changes vary over time, they could result from myocardial structural damage and sympathetic activation combined. Conversely, under normal conditions, no relationship exists between sympathetic activation and the QT variables.2009 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation

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