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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
The most common form of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia (VT) is repetitive monomorphic VT (RMVT), which is characterized by frequent ventricular ectopy and salvos of nonsustained VT with intervening sinus rhythm. Unlike most other forms of idiopathic VT, this tachycardia typically occurs at rest and is nonsustained. The mechanism of RMVT is undefined. Because of a common site of origin, the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT), we hypothesized that RMVT is mechanistically related to paroxysmal sustained, exercise-induced VT, which has been shown to be consistent with cAMP-mediated triggered activity. Therefore, in this study, we sought to identify (1) the mechanism of RMVT at the cellular level by using electropharmacological probes known to activate either stimulatory or inhibitory G proteins and thereby modify intracellular cAMP levels, (2) potential autonomic triggers of RMVT through analysis of heart rate variability, and (3) whether well-characterized somatic activating mutations in the stimulatory G protein, G alpha s, underlie RMVT.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0009-7322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanism of repetitive monomorphic ventricular tachycardia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, NY 10021, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't