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Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology 7/2015

01.10.2015 | Original Article

Heterogeneity of Ventricular Sympathetic Nervous Activity is Associated with Clinically Relevant Ventricular Arrhythmia in Postoperative Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot

verfasst von: Shin Ono, Hideo Ohuchi, Aya Miyazaki, Tadaaki Abe, Keisuke Kiso, Osamu Yamada

Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology | Ausgabe 7/2015

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Abstract

This study aimed to clarify whether there is an association between ventricular sympathetic nervous activity (SNA) and clinically relevant ventricular arrhythmia (a run of ≥3 consecutive ventricular beats, RVA) in postoperative patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). We performed a retrospective study in a national referral center of pediatric cardiology in Japan. Twenty-four postoperative TOF patients (13 males, median age 17 years) undergoing myocardial 123I metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) scintigraphy were included. We measured the heart-to-mediastinum ratio (HMR) and washout ratio (WR) from planar MIBG myocardial scintigraphy. Tomographic images and polar maps were generated with 20 segments. The standard deviation of percentage uptake of 20 segments (SD-uptake) as an index of heterogeneous MIBG uptake to the ventricular myocardium was calculated. We compared these MIBG-derived variables with the patients’ clinical profiles, including ECG findings and hemodynamics. Eight of 24 patients had RVA (RVA group), and the other 16 did not have RVA (non-RVA group). There were no significant differences in the HMR (1.9 ± 0.5 vs. 2.2 ± 0.4) and WR (50 ± 5 vs. 42 ± 10) between the two groups. SD-uptake was significantly higher in the RVA group than in the non-RVA group (15 ± 3 vs. 12 ± 3, p = 0.03). QT dispersion (ms) was also higher in the RVA group than in the non-RVA group (53 ± 23 vs. 44 ± 18, p = 0.04). Multivariate logistic regression showed that SD-uptake and QT dispersion were independent predictors in the RVA group (p = 0.02, p = 0.03). In addition to greater QT dispersion, heterogeneous SNA is associated with RVA in TOF patients postoperatively.
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Metadaten
Titel
Heterogeneity of Ventricular Sympathetic Nervous Activity is Associated with Clinically Relevant Ventricular Arrhythmia in Postoperative Patients with Tetralogy of Fallot
verfasst von
Shin Ono
Hideo Ohuchi
Aya Miyazaki
Tadaaki Abe
Keisuke Kiso
Osamu Yamada
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Pediatric Cardiology / Ausgabe 7/2015
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-015-1195-4

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