title: Acute and chronic changes in atrial natriuretic factor induced by ventricular pacing: a self controlled clinical trial.
abstract: A self controlled clinical trial was carried out to study the acute and chronic effects of ventricular pacing (VVI) on the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF). Eleven people were selected from a pool of 20 DDD paced patients. Pacemakers were programmed to the VVI mode for 1 month and their effectiveness tested by ECG at rest and after an effort test. AnF was measured by radioimmunoassay at baseline, after 15 minutes, and again 1 month after programming. The reliability of the radioimmunoassay was confirmed using the coefficients of variation between (12.5%) and within assay (9.7%). Data analysis was done using Wilcoxon's test. Our results showed that the onset of VVI pacing led to a sudden sharp rise in ANF in all patients (P < 0.0001). During VVI pacing, three patients were dropped from the study (2 were withdrawn because of symptoms and 1 voluntarily withdrew). After 1 month of VVI pacing, a significant increase of ANF above the baseline was observed (P < 0.05). The results showed that ventricular pacing led to an immediate rise in ANF and, that with long-term VVI pacing, there was an increase in ANF levels as well. The role of these findings in the pathophysiology of the pacemaker syndrome calls for further research.
authors: Department of Medicine, Alicante General Hospital, Spain.
authors: J B
authors: JB
authors: Cabello
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Bordes
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Mauri
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Valle
authors: J A
authors: JA
authors: Quiles
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects; D010352:Patient Dropouts; D005082:Physical Exertion; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012146:Rest; D013577:Syndrome; D016276:Ventricular Function
chemical_list: D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor