Serial changes in epicardial electrograms during and after a coronary artery occlusion.

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Toshihiro FujimatsuKazuo Shimizu

Abstract

Suddenly occurring ventricular tachyarrhythmias are a complication during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery, potentially leading to the need for conversion to on-pump surgery. We examined serial changes in the spatial dispersion of the electrical activity and refractoriness at the myocardial ischemia border zones during and after coronary occlusion. Unipolar epicardial electrograms were continuously recorded from the anterior left ventricle at the border zones during and after a 10-min occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery in 22 patients undergoing OPCAB. The local electrogram amplitude and local refractoriness were evaluated by the unipolar peak-to-peak amplitude (UPPA) and activation recovery interval (ARI), respectively. The spatial dispersion of the electrical activity and refractoriness were examined using the coefficient of variation of these parameters. No sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias occurred in any patients. The UPPA dispersion significantly increased up to 5 min after the LAD occlusion and then returned to a nonsignificant level and again increased after reperfusion. The ARI dispersion gradually increased after the LAD occlusion, reached a significantly increased level...Continue Reading

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