Action potential duration restitution kinetics in human atrial fibrillation

Byung Soo Kim; Young Hoon Kim; Gyo Seung Hwang; Hui Nam Pak; Sang Chil Lee; Wan Joo Shim; Dong Joo Oh; Young Moo Ro

doi:10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01760-6

Action potential duration restitution kinetics in human atrial fibrillation

Byung Soo Kim, Young Hoon Kim, Gyo Seung Hwang, Hui Nam Pak, Sang Chil Lee, Wan Joo Shim, Dong Joo Oh, Young Moo Ro

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OBJECTIVES: We undertook this study to determine whether human atrial fibrillation (AF) relates to steeply sloped action potential duration restitution (APDR) kinetics and whether the spatial nonuniformity of APDR promotes persistence of AF. BACKGROUND: A steeply sloped APDR curve is known to be an important determinant of the induction of more complex action potential duration (APD) dynamics and fibrillation. METHODS: Patients with chronic atrial fibrillation (CAF) (n = 18), paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) (n = 14) and normal control subjects (n = 9) were studied. The monophasic action potential duration at 90% repolarization (APD₉₀) and the effective refractory period (ERP) were measured at six sites in the right atrium. After AF was electrically converted, APDR was assessed by delivering a single extrastimulus after a train of stimuli at a cycle length of 600 ms (S₁S₂) at six different sites of the right atrium, as well as rapid pacing at cycle lengths that induced APD alternans. RESULTS: The APD₉₀ and ERP in patients with CAF were shorter than those in patients with PAF and control subjects (p < 0.05); however, the dispersions of APD₉₀ and ERP in each group were similar. The maximal slopes of APDR by S₁S₂ and rapid pacing in patients with CAF (1.2 ± 0.4 and 1.7 ± 0.2) and PAF (1.1 ± 0.4 and 1.3 ± 0.4) were higher than those in control subjects (0.5 ± 0.3 and 0.8 ± 0.2, respectively; p < 0.01). The maximal slope obtained by S₁S₂ did not differ from that obtained by rapid pacing in any group. The inter-regional difference of the maximal slope in patients with CAF (1.6 ± 0.4, p < 0.05) was greater than that in patients with PAF (1.2 ± 0.3, p = NS vs. control) and control subjects (0.4 ± 0.2). CONCLUSIONS: Atrial fibrillation was related to steeply sloped (>1) APDR kinetics. The spatial dispersion of APDR in patients with chronic AF was greater than that of patients with paroxysmal AF and control subjects, indicating that the heterogeneity of APDR of the atrium plays an important role in the persistence ot AF.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1329-1336
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume	39
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0735-1097(02)01760-6
Publication status	Published - 2002 Apr 17

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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