Autonomic mechanisms and sudden death after abrupt coronary occlusion
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Autonomic mechanisms and sudden death after abrupt coronary occlusion
Abstract
In spite of recent advances in secondary prevention, sudden cardiac death has remained a major public health problem as the majority of fatalities occur in subjects without a history of severe heart disease. Abrupt rupture of a vulnerable plaque resulting in thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery is a common cause of sudden death in this population. Coronary occlusion does not, however, invariably lead to sudden death but may cause acute myocardial infarction or exacerbation of chest pain. Extensive studies in experimental animals and increasing clinical evidence indicate that autonomic nervous activity has a significant role in modifying the clinical outcome. Sympathetic hyperactivity favours the genesis of life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias while vagal activation exerts an antifibrillatory effect. Strong afferent stimuli from the ischaemic myocardium impair arterial baroreflex and may lead to dangerous haemodynamic instability. Studies with a human angioplasty model have shown that there is wide interindividual variation in the type and severity of autonomic reactions during the early phase of abrupt coronary occlusion, a critical period for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The site of the occlusion is not a significant determinant of the reactions, whereas the severity of a coronary stenosis, adaptation or ischaemic preconditioning, beta-blockade and gender seem to affect the autonomic reactions and occurrence of complex ventricular arrhythmias. Clinical and angiographic factors are, however, poor predictors of autonomic reactions in an individual patient. Recent studies have documented a hereditary component for autonomic function, and genetic factors may also modify the clinical manifestations of acute coronary occlusion.
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