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Simultaneous noninvasive recording of skin sympathetic nerve activity and electrocardiogram.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Sympathetic nerve activity is important to cardiac arrhythmogenesis. OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to develop a method for simultaneous noninvasive recording of skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) and electrocardiogram (ECG) using conventional ECG electrodes. This method (neuECG) can be used to adequately estimate sympathetic tone. METHODS:We recorded neuECG signals from the skin of 56 human subjects. The signals were low-pass filtered to show the ECG and high-pass filtered to show nerve activity. Protocol 1 included 12 healthy volunteers who underwent cold water pressor test and Valsalva maneuver. Protocol 2 included 19 inpatients with epilepsy but without known heart diseases monitored for 24 hours. Protocol 3 included 22 patients admitted with electrical storm and monitored for 39.0 ± 28.2 hours. Protocol 4 included 3 patients who underwent bilateral stellate ganglion blockade with lidocaine injection. RESULTS:In patients without heart diseases, spontaneous nerve discharges were frequently observed at baseline and were associated with heart rate acceleration. SKNA recorded from chest leads (V1-V6) during cold water pressor test and Valsalva maneuver (protocol 1) was invariably higher than during baseline and recovery periods (P < .001). In protocol 2, the average SKNA correlated with heart rate acceleration (r = 0.73 ± 0.14, P < .05) and shortening of QT interval (P < .001). Among 146 spontaneous ventricular tachycardia episodes recorded in 9 patients of protocol 3, 106 episodes (73%) were preceded by SKNA within 30 seconds of onset. Protocol 4 showed that bilateral stellate ganglia blockade by lidocaine inhibited SKNA. CONCLUSION:SKNA is detectable using conventional ECG electrodes in humans and may be useful in estimating sympathetic tone.

SUBMITTER: Doytchinova A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5182108 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Simultaneous noninvasive recording of skin sympathetic nerve activity and electrocardiogram.

Doytchinova Anisiia A Hassel Jonathan L JL Yuan Yuan Y Lin Hongbo H Yin Dechun D Adams David D Straka Susan S Wright Keith K Smith Kimberly K Wagner David D Shen Changyu C Salanova Vicenta V Meshberger Chad C Chen Lan S LS Kincaid John C JC Coffey Arthur C AC Wu Gang G Li Yan Y Kovacs Richard J RJ Everett Thomas H TH Victor Ronald R Cha Yong-Mei YM Lin Shien-Fong SF Chen Peng-Sheng PS

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<h4>Background</h4>Sympathetic nerve activity is important to cardiac arrhythmogenesis.<h4>Objective</h4>The purpose of this study was to develop a method for simultaneous noninvasive recording of skin sympathetic nerve activity (SKNA) and electrocardiogram (ECG) using conventional ECG electrodes. This method (neuECG) can be used to adequately estimate sympathetic tone.<h4>Methods</h4>We recorded neuECG signals from the skin of 56 human subjects. The signals were low-pass filtered to show the EC ...[more]

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Simultaneous noninvasive recording of skin sympathetic nerve activity and electrocardiogram.

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