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The role of interpolation in PVC-induced cardiomyopathy
Hilal Olgun1, Miki Yokokawa, Timir Baman
1Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
Background:
Frequent premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) can cause cardiomyopathy. The mechanism is not known and may be multifactorial.
Objective:
This study assessed the role of PVC interpolation in PVC-induced cardiomyopathy.
Methods:
In 51 consecutive patients (14 women, age 49 ± 15 years, ejection fraction (EF) 0.49 ± 0.14) with frequent PVCs, 24-hour Holter recordings were performed. The amount of interpolation was determined and correlated with the presence of PVC-induced cardiomyopathy. In addition, parameters measured during an electrophysiology study were correlated with the Holter findings.
Results:
Fourteen of the 21 patients (67%) with cardiomyopathy had interpolated PVCs, compared with only 6 of 30 patients (20%) without PVC-induced cardiomyopathy (P <.001). Patients with interpolated PVCs had a higher PVC burden than patients without interpolation (28% ± 12% vs. 15% ± 15%; P = .002). The burden of interpolated PVCs correlated with the presence of PVC cardiomyopathy (21% ± 30% vs. 4% ± 13%; P = .008). Both PVC burden and interpolation independently predicted PVC-induced cardiomyopathy (odds ratio 1.07, 95% confidence interval 1.01 to 1.13, P = .02; and odds ratio 4.43, 95% confidence interval 1.06 to 18.48, P = .04, respectively). The presence of ventriculoatrial block at a ventricular pacing cycle length of 600 ms correlated with the presence of interpolation (P = .004). Patients with interpolation had a longer mean ventriculoatrial block cycle length than patients without interpolated PVCs (520 ± 110 ms vs. 394 ± 92 ms; P = .01).
Conclusion:
The presence of interpolated PVCs was predictive of the presence of PVC cardiomyopathy. Interpolation may play an important role in the generation of PVC-induced cardiomyopathy.
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