The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test
The adaptation lag of the QT interval after heart rate (HR) has been proposed as an arrhythmic risk marker. Most studies have quantified the QT adaptation lag in response to abrupt, step-like changes in HR induced by atrial pacing, in response to tilt test or during ambulatory recordings. Recent stu...
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| author | Cristina Pérez Rubén Cebollada Konstantinos A. Mountris Juan Pablo Martínez Pablo Laguna Esther Pueyo |
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| description | The adaptation lag of the QT interval after heart rate (HR) has been proposed as an arrhythmic risk marker. Most studies have quantified the QT adaptation lag in response to abrupt, step-like changes in HR induced by atrial pacing, in response to tilt test or during ambulatory recordings. Recent studies have introduced novel methods to quantify the QT adaptation lag to gradual, ramp-like HR changes in stress tests by evaluating the differences between the measured QT series and an estimated, memoryless QT series obtained from the instantaneous HR. These studies have observed the QT adaptation lag to progressively reduce when approaching the stress peak, with the underlying mechanisms being still unclear. This study analyzes the contribution of β-adrenergic stimulation to QT interval rate adaptation in response to gradual, ramp-like HR changes. We first quantify the QT adaptation lag in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) patients undergoing stress test. To uncover the involved mechanisms, we use biophysically detailed computational models coupling descriptions of human ventricular electrophysiology and β-adrenergic signaling, from which we simulate ventricular action potentials and ECG signals. We characterize the adaptation of the simulated QT interval in response to the HR time series measured from each of the analyzed CAD patients. We show that, when the simulated ventricular tissue is subjected to a time-varying β-adrenergic stimulation pattern, with higher stimulation levels close to the stress peak, the simulated QT interval presents adaptation lags during exercise that are more similar to those measured from the patients than when subjected to constant β-adrenergic stimulation. During stress test recovery, constant and time-varying β-adrenergic stimulation patterns render similar adaptation lags, which are generally shorter than during exercise, in agreement with results from the patients. In conclusion, our findings support the role of time-varying β-adrenergic stimulation in contributing to QT interval adaptation to gradually increasing HR changes as those seen during the exercise phase of a stress test. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df20e6e39a77494881688065021451ef2023-01-29T05:30:56ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-01181The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress testCristina PérezRubén CebolladaKonstantinos A. MountrisJuan Pablo MartínezPablo LagunaEsther PueyoThe adaptation lag of the QT interval after heart rate (HR) has been proposed as an arrhythmic risk marker. Most studies have quantified the QT adaptation lag in response to abrupt, step-like changes in HR induced by atrial pacing, in response to tilt test or during ambulatory recordings. Recent studies have introduced novel methods to quantify the QT adaptation lag to gradual, ramp-like HR changes in stress tests by evaluating the differences between the measured QT series and an estimated, memoryless QT series obtained from the instantaneous HR. These studies have observed the QT adaptation lag to progressively reduce when approaching the stress peak, with the underlying mechanisms being still unclear. This study analyzes the contribution of β-adrenergic stimulation to QT interval rate adaptation in response to gradual, ramp-like HR changes. We first quantify the QT adaptation lag in Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) patients undergoing stress test. To uncover the involved mechanisms, we use biophysically detailed computational models coupling descriptions of human ventricular electrophysiology and β-adrenergic signaling, from which we simulate ventricular action potentials and ECG signals. We characterize the adaptation of the simulated QT interval in response to the HR time series measured from each of the analyzed CAD patients. We show that, when the simulated ventricular tissue is subjected to a time-varying β-adrenergic stimulation pattern, with higher stimulation levels close to the stress peak, the simulated QT interval presents adaptation lags during exercise that are more similar to those measured from the patients than when subjected to constant β-adrenergic stimulation. During stress test recovery, constant and time-varying β-adrenergic stimulation patterns render similar adaptation lags, which are generally shorter than during exercise, in agreement with results from the patients. In conclusion, our findings support the role of time-varying β-adrenergic stimulation in contributing to QT interval adaptation to gradually increasing HR changes as those seen during the exercise phase of a stress test.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879473/?tool=EBI |
| spellingShingle | Cristina Pérez Rubén Cebollada Konstantinos A. Mountris Juan Pablo Martínez Pablo Laguna Esther Pueyo The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test PLoS ONE |
| title | The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test |
| title_full | The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test |
| title_fullStr | The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test |
| title_short | The role of β-adrenergic stimulation in QT interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test |
| title_sort | role of β adrenergic stimulation in qt interval adaptation to heart rate during stress test |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9879473/?tool=EBI |
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