Richard L Verrier1, Rodolfo Bonatti2, Ana F G Silva2, Julio A P Batatinha2, Bruce D Nearing3, Gongxin Liu4, Sridharan Rajamani4, Dewan Zeng4, Luiz Belardinelli4. 1. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: rverrier@bidmc.harvard.edu. 2. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. 3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 4. Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: If channels are functionally expressed in atrioventricular (AV) nodal tissue. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to address whether the prototypical If inhibitor, ivabradine, at clinically safe concentrations can slow AV node conduction to reduce ventricular rate (VR) during atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS: Effects of ivabradine (0.1 mg/kg i.v. bolus) were studied in an anesthetized Yorkshire pig (N = 7) model of AF and in isolated guinea pig hearts (N = 7). RESULTS: Ivabradine reduced heart rate (P = .0001) without affecting mean arterial pressure during sinus rhythm. The agent lengthened PR intervals in a rate-dependent manner (P = .0009) by 14 ± 2.7 ms (P = .003) and 25 ± 3.0 ms (P = .0004) and increased atrial-His (A-H) intervals in a rate-dependent manner (P = .020) by 10 ± 1.7 ms and 17 ± 2.8 ms during pacing at 130 and 180 bpm, respectively (both P = .0008). Similar rate-dependent effects were observed in isolated guinea pig hearts. Ivabradine slowed VR during AF from 240 ± 21 bpm to 211 ± 25 bpm (P = .041). The ivabradine-induced increase in A-H interval was inversely correlated with VR (r = -0.85, P = .03, at 130 bpm; r = -0.95, P = .003, at 180 bpm). QT and HV intervals, AF dominant frequency (8.5 ± 0.9 to 8.7 ± 1.1 Hz, P = NS), mean arterial pressure, and left ventricular dP/dt (1672 ± 222 to 1889 ± 229 mm Hg/s, P = NS) during AF were unaffected. CONCLUSION: Ivabradine's rate-dependent increase in A-H interval is highly correlated with VR during AF. As dominant frequency was unaltered, AV node conduction slowing during high nodal activation rates appears to be the main mechanism of ivabradine's VR reduction. If inhibition in the AV node may provide a promising target to slow VR during AF without depression in contractility.
BACKGROUND: If channels are functionally expressed in atrioventricular (AV) nodal tissue. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to address whether the prototypical If inhibitor, ivabradine, at clinically safe concentrations can slow AV node conduction to reduce ventricular rate (VR) during atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS: Effects of ivabradine (0.1 mg/kg i.v. bolus) were studied in an anesthetized Yorkshire pig (N = 7) model of AF and in isolated guinea pig hearts (N = 7). RESULTS:Ivabradine reduced heart rate (P = .0001) without affecting mean arterial pressure during sinus rhythm. The agent lengthened PR intervals in a rate-dependent manner (P = .0009) by 14 ± 2.7 ms (P = .003) and 25 ± 3.0 ms (P = .0004) and increased atrial-His (A-H) intervals in a rate-dependent manner (P = .020) by 10 ± 1.7 ms and 17 ± 2.8 ms during pacing at 130 and 180 bpm, respectively (both P = .0008). Similar rate-dependent effects were observed in isolated guinea pig hearts. Ivabradine slowed VR during AF from 240 ± 21 bpm to 211 ± 25 bpm (P = .041). The ivabradine-induced increase in A-H interval was inversely correlated with VR (r = -0.85, P = .03, at 130 bpm; r = -0.95, P = .003, at 180 bpm). QT and HV intervals, AF dominant frequency (8.5 ± 0.9 to 8.7 ± 1.1 Hz, P = NS), mean arterial pressure, and left ventricular dP/dt (1672 ± 222 to 1889 ± 229 mm Hg/s, P = NS) during AF were unaffected. CONCLUSION:Ivabradine's rate-dependent increase in A-H interval is highly correlated with VR during AF. As dominant frequency was unaltered, AV node conduction slowing during high nodal activation rates appears to be the main mechanism of ivabradine's VR reduction. If inhibition in the AV node may provide a promising target to slow VR during AF without depression in contractility.
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