Cardiac Arrhythmias, Sudden Death and the Finnish Sauna Bath

2015 ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. J. Luurila
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Death ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias

Cardiac instability amplified by use-dependent Na channel blockade

1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (4) ◽  
pp. H1305-H1310 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. F. Starmer ◽  
A. R. Lancaster ◽  
A. A. Lastra ◽  
A. O. Grant
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Death ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Tricyclic Antidepressants ◽  
Spatial Dispersion ◽  
Na Channel ◽  
Antiarrhythmic Agents ◽  
Channel Blockade ◽  
Vulnerable Period ◽  
Conditioning Stimuli ◽  
Increased Susceptibility

Drugs that exhibit use-dependent Na channel blockade, including antiarrhythmic agents, tricyclic antidepressants, opiate-like analgesics, and cocaine, are linked with an increased susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death. Computer simulations indicate that Na channel blockade retards recovery of excitability, thereby increasing the spatial dispersion of refractoriness, a precursor of many cardiac arrhythmias. In isolated rabbit left atria, stimuli timed to occur at increasing intervals following conditioning stimuli reveal an unstable interval (vulnerable period) during which single stimuli initiate trains of responses. The vulnerable period is extended by use-dependent Na channel blockade and provides a model for assaying proarrhythmic potential and probing cardiac instability.

Sport and arrhythmias: summary of an international symposium

2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franco Giada ◽  
Serge S. Barold ◽  
Alessandro Biffi ◽  
Bruno De Piccoli ◽  
Pietro Delise ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Death ◽  
Risk Stratification ◽  
International Symposium ◽  
European Society ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Exercise Prescription ◽  
International Workshop ◽  
Sport And Exercise ◽  
European Society Of Cardiology

This article is the report of an International Symposium endorsed by the European Society of Cardiology, held within the Venice Arrhythmias 2007: 10th International Workshop on Cardiac Arrhythmias (Venice, October 2007). The topics of the Symposium are the following: how to stratify the risk of sudden death in the athletes; the role of different diagnostic examinations in the risk stratification of sudden death in the athletes; controversies on arrhythmias and sport; and exercise prescription in patients with arrhythmias. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil14:707-714 © 2007 The European Society of Cardiology

Sudden Death Due to Cardiac Arrhythmias

2001 ◽  
Vol 345 (20) ◽  
pp. 1473-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heikki V. Huikuri ◽  
Agustin Castellanos ◽  
Robert J. Myerburg
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Death ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias

scholarly journals Mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and sudden death in transgenic rabbits with long QT syndrome

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Brunner ◽  
Xuwen Peng ◽  
Gong Xin Liu ◽  
Xiao-Qin Ren ◽  
Ohad Ziv ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sudden Death ◽  
Long Qt Syndrome ◽  
Cardiac Arrhythmias ◽  
Long Qt ◽  
Transgenic Rabbits ◽  
Qt Syndrome
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