Quantification of anaesthetic effects on atrial fibrillation rate by partial least-squares

Physiol Meas. 2012 Oct;33(10):1757-68. doi: 10.1088/0967-3334/33/10/1757. Epub 2012 Sep 26.

Abstract

The mechanism underlying atrial fibrillation (AF) remains poorly understood. Multiple wandering propagation wavelets drifting through both atria under hierarchical models are not understood. Some pharmacological drugs, known as antiarrhythmics, modify the cardiac ionic currents supporting the fibrillation process within the atria and may modify the AF propagation dynamics terminating the fibrillation process. Other medications, theoretically non-antiarrhythmic, may slightly affect the fibrillation process in non-defined mechanisms. We evaluated whether the most commonly used anaesthetic agent, propofol, affects AF patterns. Partial least-squares (PLS) analysis was performed to reduce significant noise into the main latent variables to find the differences between groups. The final results showed an excellent discrimination between groups with slow atrial activity during the propofol infusion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anesthetics / pharmacology*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology*
  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena / drug effects*
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / drug effects
  • Heart Atria / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Least-Squares Analysis
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Propofol / pharmacology*
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Anesthetics
  • Propofol