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DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18883
Alltagsaktivität und zirkadiane Variabilität ventrikulärer Tachyarrhythmien bei Patienten mit implantiertem Defibrillator
Daily activities and circadian variation of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implanted defibrillatorPublication History
Publication Date:
13 May 2004 (online)

Hintergrund und Fragestellung: Akute kardiovaskuläre Krankheitsereignisse können durch körperliche und mentale Belastungen getriggert werden. Korreliert demnach auch die typische zirkadiane Variation von Arrhythmierezidiven bei Defibrillatorträgern (morgendliche Ereignishäufung) mit der individuellen Verteilung gewohnter physischer und mentaler Aktivitäten im Alltag?
Patienten und Methodik: Bei 29 Patienten mit Arrhythmierezidiven an mindestens 3 Tagen nach Defibrillatorimplantation wurde die Verteilung gewohnter Aktivitäten mit Hilfe eines neu entwickelten Fragebogens in einem ärztlichen Interview erfasst, graduiert und mit der individuellen zirkadianen Ereignisverteilung im Langzeitverlauf korreliert.
Ergebnisse: Das höchste Niveau physischer bzw. mentaler Aktivitäten fand sich bei 55 % bzw. 23 % der Patienten zur Tageszeit mit den meisten Rezidiven. Ein Vergleich des Aktivitätsniveaus in der Tagesperiode mit den häufigsten Ereignissen und dem mittleren Aktivitätsniveau in den übrigen Tagesperioden (ohne Schlafzeit) ergab signifikant höhere Werte für die physische Aktivität in dem Tageszeitraum mit individuellem Ereignisgipfel. Es bestand eine positive Korrelation zwischen der tageszeitlichen Variation der Arrhythmieinzidenz und der Summe aller Aktivitäten (r = 0,34, p < 0,05) sowie der physischen Aktivitäten allein (r = 0,25, p = 0,056), wohingegen ein Zusammenhang mit nur der mentalen Aktivitätsverteilung nicht aufgezeigt werden konnte (r = 0,02, p = 0,84).
Schlussfolgerung: Die tageszeitliche Variation von kardiovaskulären Krankheitsereignissen kann als maßgeblicher Einflussfaktor auf die habituelle tageszeitliche Verteilung von Alltagsaktivitäten diskutiert werden.
Daily activities and circadian variation of ventricular
tachyarrhythmias in patients with implanted defibrillator
Background and study aim: Acute cardiovascular events may be triggered by physical and mental stress. Does also the typical circadian variation of arrhythmia recurrence (morning peak of events) in patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillator correlate with the individual circadian variation of physical and mental daily activities?
Patients and methods: In 29 consecutive patients with a minimum of three documented ventricular tachyarrhythmias after defibrillator implantation the circadian variation of habitual daily activities was determined in a standardized interview and compared to the individual circadian variation of arrhythmic events saved in the defibrillator event memory during long-term follow-up.
Results: The habitually highest physical and mental activity was determined during the time period with most arrhythmic events in 55 % and 23 % of patients, respectively. A comparison of the level of activity during the time period with the highest event frequency to the mean activity level during the rest of the day (without sleeping time) revealed significantly higher physical activity during the time of day with the highest arrhythmia recurrence. There was a positive correlation between circadian variation of arrhythmic events and the sum of all activities (r = 0.34, p < 0.05) and physical activities alone (r = 0.25, p = 0.056) while a relationship to mental activities alone could not be shown (r = 0.02, p = 0.84)
Conclusion: The circadian variation of acute cardiovascular events may be discussed as an essential factor influencing the circadian variation of habitual daily activities in patients with cardiac disease.
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Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie/Angiologie, Universitätskliniken des Saarlandes
66421 Homburg/Saar
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