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Archivos de cardiología de México
On-line version ISSN 1665-1731Print version ISSN 1405-9940
Abstract
SANCHEZ TORRES, Gustavo et al. Reflexive arterial waves and ventricular premature beats studied by sphygmokynetocardiography. Arch. Cardiol. Méx. [online]. 2002, vol.72, n.1, pp.29-35. ISSN 1665-1731.
Antecedent: Through sphygmokynetocardiography (SKCG) an exploratory method that records an electrocardiographic signal, a carotid pulse (CP), and two vibriograms (kinetocardiograms) of the left ventricle (LV) recorded in the left hemithorax (anterior kinetocardiogram, AKC) and the subcostal region of left abdomen (posterior kinetocardiogram of PKC, vibrations transmitted through the hemidiaphragm) we observed a systolic precocious reflection wave (Rw) in the CP and prolongation of LV ejection time (LVET) measured in AKC or in PKC of the previous sinusal preextrasystolic beat (PEB) vs control beats (CB) in cases with ventricular extrasystoles (VEs). Objective: To demonstrate whether the intervals just mentioned are associated with ventricular extrasystoles. Method: Sixty cases: 30 with VEs, group A, and 30 without arrhythmia, group B, were studied through SKCG. The LVET and the arterial reflection index or ARI = Ta-rw/LEVT, Ta-rw = time between initial ventricular impulse to reflexive wave, were measured. Results: Demography was similar in both groups. PEB had a longer LVET than the CB (291 ± 41 vs 279 ± 39, p < 0.01) and ARI was shorter (0.36 ± 0.17 vs 0.58 ± 0.21, p < 0.001). Conclusions: 1) Distention of the LV due to Rw, possibly through the well-known experimental mechanism of electromechanic feedback, is believed to underlie the arrhythmia. 2) The observation has important clinical implications.
Keywords : Reflexive arterial waves; Ventricular extrasystole; Electromechanic feedback.