Cao Thach Tran1, Tania Atanasovska2, Claus Graff3, Jacob Melgaard3, Jørgen K Kanters4, Robert Smith2, Aaron C Petersen2, Keld P Kjeldsen3,5, Michael J McKenna2. 1. Division of Cardiology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, APC 736593 Eddy St, Providence, RI, 02903, USA. tran@dadlnet.dk. 2. Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. 3. Department of Health Science and Technology, The Faculty of Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. 4. Laboratory of Experimental Cardiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 5. Department of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital (Amager-Hvidovre), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Abstract
PURPOSE: The cardiac T-wave peak-to-end interval (Tpe) is thought to reflect dispersion in ventricular repolarisation, with abnormalities in Tpe associated with increased risk of arrhythmia. Extracellular K+ modulates cardiac repolarisation, and since arterial plasma K+ concentration ([K+]) rapidly increases during and declines following exercise, we investigated the relationship between [K+] and Tpe with exercise. METHODS: Serial ECGs (Tpe, Tpe/QT ratio) and [K+] were obtained from 8 healthy, normokalaemic volunteers and 22 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), at rest, during, and after exhaustive exercise. RESULTS: Post-exercise [K+] nadir was 3.1 ± 0.1, 5.0 ± 0.2 and 4.0 ± 0.1 mmol.L-1 (mean ± SEM) for healthy participants and ESRD patients before and after haemodialysis, respectively. In healthy participants, compared to pre-exercise, recovery-induced low [K+] was associated with a prolongation of Tpe (110 ± 8 vs. 87 ± 5 ms, respectively, p = 0.03) and an increase in Tpe/QT ratio (0.28 ± 0.01 vs. 0.23 ± 0.01, respectively, p = 0.01). Analyses of serial data revealed [K+] as a predictor of Tpe in healthy participants (β = -0.54 ±0.05, p < 0.0001), in ESRD patients (β = -0.75 ± 0.06, p < 0.0001) and for all data pooled (β = -0.61 ± 0.04, p < 0.0001). The [K+] was also a predictor of Tpe/QT ratio in healthy participants and ESRD patients. CONCLUSIONS: Tpe and Tpe/QT ratio are predicted by [K+] during exercise. Low [K+] during recovery from exercise was associated with increased Tpe and Tpe/QT, indicating accentuated dispersion of ventricular repolarisation. The findings suggest that variations in [K+] with physical exertion may unmask electrophysiological vulnerabilities to arrhythmia.
PURPOSE: The cardiac T-wave peak-to-end interval (Tpe) is thought to reflect dispersion in ventricular repolarisation, with abnormalities in Tpe associated with increased risk of arrhythmia. Extracellular K+ modulates cardiac repolarisation, and since arterial plasma K+ concentration ([K+]) rapidly increases during and declines following exercise, we investigated the relationship between [K+] and Tpe with exercise. METHODS: Serial ECGs (Tpe, Tpe/QT ratio) and [K+] were obtained from 8 healthy, normokalaemic volunteers and 22 patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), at rest, during, and after exhaustive exercise. RESULTS: Post-exercise [K+] nadir was 3.1 ± 0.1, 5.0 ± 0.2 and 4.0 ± 0.1 mmol.L-1 (mean ± SEM) for healthy participants and ESRD patients before and after haemodialysis, respectively. In healthy participants, compared to pre-exercise, recovery-induced low [K+] was associated with a prolongation of Tpe (110 ± 8 vs. 87 ± 5 ms, respectively, p = 0.03) and an increase in Tpe/QT ratio (0.28 ± 0.01 vs. 0.23 ± 0.01, respectively, p = 0.01). Analyses of serial data revealed [K+] as a predictor of Tpe in healthy participants (β = -0.54 ±0.05, p < 0.0001), in ESRD patients (β = -0.75 ± 0.06, p < 0.0001) and for all data pooled (β = -0.61 ± 0.04, p < 0.0001). The [K+] was also a predictor of Tpe/QT ratio in healthy participants and ESRD patients. CONCLUSIONS: Tpe and Tpe/QT ratio are predicted by [K+] during exercise. Low [K+] during recovery from exercise was associated with increased Tpe and Tpe/QT, indicating accentuated dispersion of ventricular repolarisation. The findings suggest that variations in [K+] with physical exertion may unmask electrophysiological vulnerabilities to arrhythmia.
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