OBJECTIVE: Sudden death occurs in as many as 8% of patients after repair of tetralogy of Fallot and has been attributed to arrhythmias. The purpose of this study was to establish an animal model to evaluate the individual contribution of different physiologic sequelae after tetralogy of Fallot repair in the development of late-onset arrhythmias. METHODS: Forty-nine piglets were divided into 5 groups: (1) pulmonary artery band; (2) pulmonary valvotomy; (3) pulmonary artery band plus pulmonary valvotomy; (4) infundibular scar; and (5) age-matched control animals. Baseline and follow-up electrocardiograms were obtained and recorded, as well as changes in QRS duration. A total of 45 animals underwent hemodynamic evaluation and programmed electrical stimulation at 5.6 months postoperatively. RESULTS: Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation) were induced in 31.1%, and atrial arrhythmias were induced in 33.3%. The pulmonary valvotomy group was 30 times more likely to evidence arrhythmias than control animals for sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation, as well as atrial arrhythmias (P = .01). The pulmonary artery band group was 15 times more likely to evidence atrial arrhythmias than control animals (P = .02). Prolonged QRS duration was predictive of inducibility of both atrial arrhythmias (P < .01) and sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (P = .01). Mean right atrial (P = .01) and capillary wedge (P = .01) pressures predicted atrial arrhythmia inducibility. Right ventricular end-diastolic pressure predicted atrial arrhythmia (P= .01) and sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation inducibility (P = .05). Right ventricular systolic pressure did not predict inducibility of either atrial arrhythmias (P = .10) or sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (P = .94). CONCLUSIONS: Chronic right ventricular volume overload resulted in an increased incidence of inducible ventricular and atrial arrhythmias.
OBJECTIVE:Sudden death occurs in as many as 8% of patients after repair of tetralogy of Fallot and has been attributed to arrhythmias. The purpose of this study was to establish an animal model to evaluate the individual contribution of different physiologic sequelae after tetralogy of Fallot repair in the development of late-onset arrhythmias. METHODS: Forty-nine piglets were divided into 5 groups: (1) pulmonary artery band; (2) pulmonary valvotomy; (3) pulmonary artery band plus pulmonary valvotomy; (4) infundibular scar; and (5) age-matched control animals. Baseline and follow-up electrocardiograms were obtained and recorded, as well as changes in QRS duration. A total of 45 animals underwent hemodynamic evaluation and programmed electrical stimulation at 5.6 months postoperatively. RESULTS:Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation) were induced in 31.1%, and atrial arrhythmias were induced in 33.3%. The pulmonary valvotomy group was 30 times more likely to evidence arrhythmias than control animals for sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation, as well as atrial arrhythmias (P = .01). The pulmonary artery band group was 15 times more likely to evidence atrial arrhythmias than control animals (P = .02). Prolonged QRS duration was predictive of inducibility of both atrial arrhythmias (P < .01) and sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (P = .01). Mean right atrial (P = .01) and capillary wedge (P = .01) pressures predicted atrial arrhythmia inducibility. Right ventricular end-diastolic pressure predicted atrial arrhythmia (P= .01) and sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation inducibility (P = .05). Right ventricular systolic pressure did not predict inducibility of either atrial arrhythmias (P = .10) or sustained ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (P = .94). CONCLUSIONS: Chronic right ventricular volume overload resulted in an increased incidence of inducible ventricular and atrial arrhythmias.
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