Age-related changes in human left and right atrial conduction

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Pipin KojodjojoNicholas S Peters

Abstract

Advancing age is an independent risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF), which is considered to be initiated by ectopic triggers and maintained by an arrhythmogenic substrate. It is not known whether substrate changes produce this age-related increase in propensity toward AF. We addressed the hypothesis that advancing age is associated with changes in biatrial electrophysiology even in patients with no history of atrial arrhythmias. Patients with left-sided accessory pathways and requiring routine electrophysiological studies were recruited. Electroanatomic mapping was performed in the left and right atria of 23 patients (age ranging from 17 to 75 years) with structurally normal hearts and no history of AF during sinus rhythm and pacing. Unlike previous studies, a trigonometric method was used to quantify wavefront propagation velocities (WPV) precisely in the direction of propagation. Refractoriness was measured at 2 cycle lengths, at three different atrial sites. Both right (r =-0.77, P < 0.0001) and left (r =-0.79, P < 0.001) atrial WPV demonstrated strongly inverse correlation with age. Furthermore, left and right WPVs were highly correlated (r = 0.66, P < 0.01), with velocities being 6.4 +/- 2.2 cm/sec higher in the right...Continue Reading

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