Plasma natriuretic peptides during supraventricular tachycardia: A study in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia
Redi Pecini, Steen Pehrson, Xu Chen, Anna Margrethe Thøgersen, Andreas Kjær, Jesper Hastrup Svendsen
Department of Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, ?rhus University Hospital, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Cardiology, The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark The Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Cardiac Arrhythmia, Copenhagen, Denmark Department of Surgery and Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET & Cluster for Molecular Imaging, Rigshospitalet, University of Co-penhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
DOI: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.37074   PDF    HTML     3,566 Downloads   5,862 Views  

Abstract

Aims: To characterize the plasma levels of the atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT), we measured the plasma levels of these peptides before and during tachycardia. Methods: We included 10 consecutive patients scheduled for ablation of typical AVNRT without structural heart disease. Catheters were inserted in the femoral artery, femoral vein, and coronary sinus (CS) prior to the ablation procedure. Blood samples were drawn before and after 3 min of tachycardia to measure plasma levels of ANP and BNP. Right atrial pressure (RAP) was measured at baseline. Results: Of the 10 patients, in three patients it was not possible to induce tachycardia leaving a total of 7 patients available for analysis. Mean age of the seven included patients was 40 ± 12 years (mean ± SD), five were female. ANP levels increased significantly during tachycardia in the artery (p = 0.0009) and vein (p = 0.003), but only borderline in CS (p = 0.09). BNP levels did not change during tachycardia in any location. Conclusion: ANP levels measured in the peripheral circulation increased acutely during tachycardia due to AVNRT. BNP levels did not increase.

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Pecini, R. , Pehrson, S. , Chen, X. , Thøgersen, A. , Kjær, A. and Svendsen, J. (2013) Plasma natriuretic peptides during supraventricular tachycardia: A study in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 3, 471-475. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2013.37074.

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