Cardiac autonomic control during balloon carotid angioplasty and stenting

2003 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 944-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence Mangin ◽  
Claire Medigue ◽  
Jean-Claude Merle ◽  
Isabelle Macquin-Mavier ◽  
Philippe Duvaldestin ◽  
...  

Hemodynamic alterations during balloon carotid angioplasty (BCA) and stenting have been ascribed to the consequences of direct carotid baroreceptor stimulation during balloon inflation. BCA with stenting in patients with carotid atheromatous stenoses offers a unique opportunity for elucidating the cardiovascular autonomic response to direct transient intravascular stimulation of the baroreceptors. We analysed the consequences of BCA on the autonomic control of heart rate and on breathing components in nine patients with atheromatous stenoses involving the bifurcation and the internal carotid. A time–frequency domain method, the smoothed pseudo-Wigner–Ville transform (SPWVT), was used to evaluate the spectral parameters (i.e., the instantaneous amplitude and centre frequency (ICF) of the cardiovascular and respiratory oscillations). Those parameters and their dynamics (8 and 24 h later) were evaluated during and after the procedure. BCA stimulates baroreceptors in all patients, which markedly reduces heart rate and blood pressure. Vagal baroreflex activation altered the respiratory sinus arrhythmia in terms of amplitude and frequency (ICF HF RR shifted from 0.27 ± 0.03 to 0.23 ± 0.04 Hz pre-BCA vs. BCA, respectively; p < 0.01). Both the high- and low-frequency amplitudes of heart rate oscillations were altered during carotid baroreceptor stimulation, strongly supporting a contribution of the baroreflex to the generation of both oscillations of heart rate. Carotid baroreceptors stimulation increased the inspiratory time (Ti) (1.5 ± 0.5 to 2.3 ± 0.6 s pre-BCA vs. BCA, respectively; p < 0.01). In awake patients, BCA with stenting of atheromatous stenosis involving the bifurcation and internal carotid causes marked changes in the cardiac autonomic and respiratory control systems.Key words: carotid angioplasty, heart rate variability, autonomic nervous system, respiration, spectral analysis.

2001 ◽  
Vol 281 (3) ◽  
pp. H1274-H1279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Pump ◽  
Tsutomu Kamo ◽  
Anders Gabrielsen ◽  
Peter Bie ◽  
Niels Juel Christensen ◽  
...  

During prolonged, static carotid baroreceptor stimulation by neck suction (NS) in seated humans, heart rate (HR) decreases acutely and thereafter gradually increases. This increase has been explained by carotid baroreceptor adaptation and/or buffering by aortic reflexes. During a posture change from seated to supine (Sup) with similar carotid stimulation, however, the decrease in HR is sustained. To investigate whether this discrepancy is caused by changes in central blood volume, we compared ( n = 10 subjects) the effects of 10 min of seated NS (adjusted to simulate carotid stimulation of a posture change), a posture change from seated to Sup, and the same posture change with left atrial (LA) diameter maintained unchanged by lower body negative pressure (Sup + LBNP). During Sup, the prompt decreases in HR and mean arterial pressure (MAP) were sustained. HR decreased similarly within 30 s of NS (65 ± 2 to 59 ± 2 beats/min) and Sup + LBNP (65 ± 2 to 58 ± 2 beats/min) and thereafter gradually increased to values of seated. MAP decreased similarly within 5 min during Sup + LBNP and NS (by 7 ± 1 to 9 ± 1 mmHg) and thereafter tended to increase toward values of seated subjects. Arterial pulse pressure was increased the most by Sup, less so by Sup + LBNP, and was unchanged by NS. LA diameter was only increased by Sup. In conclusion, static carotid baroreceptor stimulation per se causes the acute (<30 s) decrease in HR during a posture change from seated to Sup, whereas the central volume expansion (increased LA diameter and/or arterial pulse pressure) is pivotal to sustain this decrease. Thus the effects of central volume expansion override adaptation of the carotid baroreceptors and/or buffering of aortic reflexes.


1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (3) ◽  
pp. H1555-H1560 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Mancia ◽  
A. Groppelli ◽  
M. Di Rienzo ◽  
P. Castiglioni ◽  
G. Parati

In 10 healthy smokers, finger blood pressure was recorded continuously for 1 h in a supine control condition and for 1 h while smoking four cigarettes, one every 15 min. Smoking increased average systolic blood pressure (+19%, P < 0.01) and its variability and reduced pulse interval (reciprocal of heart rate, -22%, P < 0.01) and its variability. Baroreflex sensitivity, as assessed by the slope of spontaneous hypertension/bradycardia or hypotension/tachycardia sequences and by the alpha-coefficient (squared ratio between pulse interval and systolic blood pressure spectral powers at 0.1 Hz) was significantly decreased (P < 0.01) during smoking, whereas there were no effects of smoking on the reflex changes in pulse interval induced by carotid baroreceptor stimulation through a neck suction device. Sham smoking by a drinking straw had no effects on any of the above parameters. Thus, when assessed in the absence of laboratory maneuvers in daily life conditions, baroreflex sensitivity is markedly impaired by smoking. This impairment may contribute to the smoking-induced increase in blood pressure and heart rate as well as to the concomitant alterations in their variability.


1987 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 639-645 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Parati ◽  
G. Grassi ◽  
P. Coruzzi ◽  
Luisa Musiari ◽  
Antonella Ravogli ◽  
...  

1. Animal studies have shown that arterial baroreflexes are modulated by reflexes originating from the cardiopulmonary volume receptors, and that this modulation consists of a reduction of the inhibitory influence exerted by arterial baroreceptors on the heart and peripheral circulation. This has not been confirmed in man, however, in whom no reduction in the bradycardic response to carotid baroreceptor stimulation has been observed after the mild increase in central venous pressure (right atrial catheter) and cardiopulmonary receptor activity provided by passive leg raising. 2. In seven normotensive subjects carotid baroreceptors were gradedly stimulated by progressively increasing carotid transmural pressure through a neck chamber device, the resulting reflex lengthening in R–R interval being measured in the two–three cardiac cycles immediately after the baroreceptor stimulus. This manoeuvre was performed in control conditions and repeated during a head-out water immersion which increased central venous pressure (right atrial catheter) from 1.5 ± 0.2 to 12.0 ± 0.9 mmHg (mean ± SE), thereby providing a marked increase in the cardiopulmonary receptor stimulus. 3. In the control condition graded stimulation of the baroreceptors caused a progressive lengthening in R–R interval, the maximal effect being + 477.4 ± 57.2 ms. Immersion increased the R–R interval from 774.2 ± 3.2 to 961.6 ± 5.8 ms (P < 0.01) and reduced mean arterial pressure (cuff measurement) from 96.0 ± 1.0 to 82.3 ± 0.9 mmHg. The changes in R–R interval induced by carotid baroreceptor stimulation were virtually identical with those observed in the absence of immersion. However, owing to the lower baseline heart rate during immersion, this meant a lesser degree of reflex bradycardia to carotid baroreceptor stimulation (maximal reduction − 30.5 ± 3.0 beats/min and −19.3 ± 3.1 beats/min before and during immersion respectively). 4. Thus, although the baroreflex sensitivity as expressed by changes in R–R interval is altered, the arterial baroreceptor ability to modulate heart rate (and perhaps cardiac output) is reduced when cardiopulmonary receptor activity is markedly increased. This may have implications in a number of physiological and pathophysiological settings.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo Armañac-Julián ◽  
David Hernando ◽  
Jesús Lázaro ◽  
Candelaria de Haro ◽  
Rudys Magrans ◽  
...  

AbstractThe ideal moment to withdraw respiratory supply of patients under Mechanical Ventilation at Intensive Care Units (ICU), is not easy to be determined for clinicians. Although the Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT) provides a measure of the patients’ readiness, there is still around 15–20% of predictive failure rate. This work is a proof of concept focused on adding new value to the prediction of the weaning outcome. Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and Cardiopulmonary Coupling (CPC) methods are evaluated as new complementary estimates to assess weaning readiness. The CPC is related to how the mechanisms regulating respiration and cardiac pumping are working simultaneously, and it is defined from HRV in combination with respiratory information. Three different techniques are used to estimate the CPC, including Time-Frequency Coherence, Dynamic Mutual Information and Orthogonal Subspace Projections. The cohort study includes 22 patients in pressure support ventilation, ready to undergo the SBT, analysed in the 24 h previous to the SBT. Of these, 13 had a successful weaning and 9 failed the SBT or needed reintubation –being both considered as failed weaning. Results illustrate that traditional variables such as heart rate, respiratory frequency, and the parameters derived from HRV do not differ in patients with successful or failed weaning. Results revealed that HRV parameters can vary considerably depending on the time at which they are measured. This fact could be attributed to circadian rhythms, having a strong influence on HRV values. On the contrary, significant statistical differences are found in the proposed CPC parameters when comparing the values of the two groups, and throughout the whole recordings. In addition, differences are greater at night, probably because patients with failed weaning might be experiencing more respiratory episodes, e.g. apneas during the night, which is directly related to a reduced respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Therefore, results suggest that the traditional measures could be used in combination with the proposed CPC biomarkers to improve weaning readiness.


1985 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 533-540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gianfranco Parati ◽  
Guido Pomidossi ◽  
Agustin Ramirez ◽  
Bruno Cesana ◽  
Giuseppe Mancia

1. In man evaluation of neural cardiovascular regulation makes use of a variety of tests which address the excitatory and reflex inhibitory neural influences that control circulation. Because interpretation of these tests is largely based on the magnitude of the elicited haemodynamic responses, their reproducibility in any given subject is critical. 2. In 39 subjects with continuous blood pressure (intra-arterial catheter) and heart rate monitoring we measured (i) the blood pressure and heart rate rises during hand-grip and cold-pressor test, (ii) the heart rate changes occurring during baroreceptor stimulation and deactivation by injection of phenylephrine and trinitroglycerine, and (iii) the heart rate and blood pressure changes occurring with alteration in carotid baroreceptor activity by a neck chamber. Each test was carefully standardized and performed at 30 min intervals for a total of six times in each subject. 3. The results showed that the responses to any test were clearly different from one another and that this occurred in all subjects studied. For the group as a whole the average response variability (coefficient of variation) ranged from 10.2% for the blood pressure response to carotid baroreceptor stimulation to 44.2% for the heart rate response to cold-pressor test. The variability of the responses was not related to basal blood pressure or heart rate, nor to the temporal sequence of the test performance. 4. Thus tests employed for studying neural cardiovascular control in man produce responses whose reproducibility is limited. This phenomenon may make it more difficult to define the response magnitude typical of each subject, as well as its comparison in different conditions and diseases.


2013 ◽  
pp. 137-144
Author(s):  
Guido Grassi ◽  
Gianmaria Brambilla ◽  
Gino Seravalle

Entropy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Charleston-Villalobos ◽  
Sina Reulecke ◽  
Andreas Voss ◽  
Mahmood R. Azimi-Sadjadi ◽  
Ramón González-Camarena ◽  
...  

In this study, the linear method of extended partial directed coherence (ePDC) was applied to establish the temporal dynamic behavior of cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory interactions during orthostatic stress at a 70° head-up tilt (HUT) test on young age-matched healthy subjects and patients with orthostatic intolerance (OI), both male and female. Twenty 5-min windows were used to analyze the minute-wise progression of interactions from 5 min in a supine position (baseline, BL) until 18 min of the orthostatic phase (OP) without including pre-syncopal phases. Gender differences in controls were present in cardiorespiratory interactions during OP without compromised autonomic regulation. However in patients, analysis by ePDC revealed considerable dynamic alterations within cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory interactions over the temporal course during the HUT test. Considering the young female patients with OI, the information flow from heart rate to systolic blood pressure (mechanical modulation) was already increased before the tilt-up, the information flow from systolic blood pressure to heart rate (neural baroreflex) increased during OP, while the information flow from respiration to heart rate (respiratory sinus arrhythmia) decreased during the complete HUT test. Findings revealed impaired cardiovascular interactions in patients with orthostatic intolerance and confirmed the usefulness of ePDC for causality analysis.


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