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ABSTRACT: Background
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (PoAF) after cardiac surgery is common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Increased sympathetic activation after surgery contributes to PoAF, and ?-blockers are the first-line recommendation for its prevention. We examined the hypothesis that common functional genetic variants in the ?1-adrenoreceptor, the mediator of cardiac sympathetic activation and drug target of ?-blockers, are associated with the risk for PoAF and with the protective effect of ?-blockers.Methods
In a prospective cohort study, we studied 947 adult European Americans who underwent cardiac surgery at Vanderbilt University between 1999 and 2005. We genotyped 2 variants in the ?1-adrenoreceptor, rs1801253 (Arg389Gly) and rs1801252 (Ser49Gly), and used logistic regression to examine the association between genotypes and PoAF occurring within 14 days after surgery, before and after adjustment for demographic and clinical covariates.Results
Postoperative atrial fibrillation occurred in 239 patients (25.2%) and was associated with rs1801253 genotype (adjusted P = .008), with Gly389Gly having an odds ratio of 2.63 (95% CI 1.42-4.89) for PoAF compared to the common Arg389Arg (P = .002). In a predefined subgroup analysis, this association appeared to be stronger among patients without ?-blocker prophylaxis (adjusted odds ratio 7.00, 95% CI 1.82-26.96, P = .005) compared to patients with ?-blocker prophylaxis, among whom the association between rs1801253 genotype and PoAF was not statistically significant (adjusted P = .11).Conclusion
The Gly389 variant in the ?1-adrenoreceptor is associated with PoAF, and this association appears to be modulated by ?-blocker therapy. Future studies of the association of other adrenergic pathway genes with PoAF will be of interest.
SUBMITTER: Jeff JM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3868008 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jeff Janina M JM Donahue Brian S BS Brown-Gentry Kristin K Roden Dan M DM Crawford Dana C DC Stein C Michael CM Kurnik Daniel D
American heart journal 20131017 1
<h4>Background</h4>Postoperative atrial fibrillation (PoAF) after cardiac surgery is common and associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Increased sympathetic activation after surgery contributes to PoAF, and β-blockers are the first-line recommendation for its prevention. We examined the hypothesis that common functional genetic variants in the β1-adrenoreceptor, the mediator of cardiac sympathetic activation and drug target of β-blockers, are associated with the risk for PoAF and wit ...[more]