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Accelerated idioventricular rhythm is ventricular rhythm with a rate of between 40 and 120 beats per minute. Idioventricular means "“relating to or affecting the cardiac ventricle alone“ and refers to any ectopic ventricular arrythmia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Norris|first=RM|author2=Mercer, CJ|title=Significance of idioventricular rhythms in acute myocardial infarction.|journal=Progress in cardiovascular diseases|date=Mar–Apr 1974|volume=16|issue=5|pages=455–68|pmid=4590952}}</ref> Accelerated idioventricular arrhythmias are distinguished from ventricular rhythms with rates less than 40 ([[Ventricular escape beat|ventricular escape]]) and those faster than 120 ([[ventricular tachycardia]]).<ref name=Hurst_heart>{{cite book|last=al.]|first=editors, Valentin Fuster, Richard A. Walsh, Robert A. Harrington ; associate editors, Sharon A. Hunt ... [et|title=Hurst's the heart|year=2011|publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical|location=New York|isbn=9780071636469|edition=13th ed.}}</ref> Though some other references limit to between 60 and 100 beats per minute.<ref name=Harrisons>{{cite book|last=al.]|first=ed. Dan L. Longo ... [et|title=Harrison's principles of internal medicine.|year=2012|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York|isbn=007174889X|edition=18th ed.}}</ref> It is also referred to as |
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm is ventricular rhythm with a rate of between 40 and 120 beats per minute. Idioventricular means "“relating to or affecting the cardiac ventricle alone“ and refers to any ectopic ventricular arrythmia.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Norris|first=RM|author2=Mercer, CJ|title=Significance of idioventricular rhythms in acute myocardial infarction.|journal=Progress in cardiovascular diseases|date=Mar–Apr 1974|volume=16|issue=5|pages=455–68|pmid=4590952}}</ref> Accelerated idioventricular arrhythmias are distinguished from ventricular rhythms with rates less than 40 ([[Ventricular escape beat|ventricular escape]]) and those faster than 120 ([[ventricular tachycardia]]).<ref name=Hurst_heart>{{cite book|last=al.]|first=editors, Valentin Fuster, Richard A. Walsh, Robert A. Harrington ; associate editors, Sharon A. Hunt ... [et|title=Hurst's the heart|year=2011|publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical|location=New York|isbn=9780071636469|edition=13th ed.}}</ref> Though some other references limit to between 60 and 100 beats per minute.<ref name=Harrisons>{{cite book|last=al.]|first=ed. Dan L. Longo ... [et|title=Harrison's principles of internal medicine.|year=2012|publisher=McGraw-Hill|location=New York|isbn=007174889X|edition=18th ed.}}</ref> It is also referred to as AIVR and "slow ventricular tachycardia." |
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It can be present at birth.<ref name="pmid17687587">{{cite journal |author=Freire G, Dubrow I |title=Accelerated idioventricular rhythm in newborns: a worrisome but benign entity with or without congenital heart disease |journal=Pediatr Cardiol |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=457–62 |date=March 2008 |pmid=17687587 |doi=10.1007/s00246-007-9024-z}}</ref> However it is more commonly associated with reperfusion after myocardial injury.<ref name=Hurst_heart /> |
It can be present at birth.<ref name="pmid17687587">{{cite journal |author=Freire G, Dubrow I |title=Accelerated idioventricular rhythm in newborns: a worrisome but benign entity with or without congenital heart disease |journal=Pediatr Cardiol |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=457–62 |date=March 2008 |pmid=17687587 |doi=10.1007/s00246-007-9024-z}}</ref> However it is more commonly associated with reperfusion after myocardial injury.<ref name=Hurst_heart /> |
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Accelerated idioventricular rhythm is ventricular rhythm with a rate of between 40 and 120 beats per minute. Idioventricular means "“relating to or affecting the cardiac ventricle alone“ and refers to any ectopic ventricular arrythmia.[1] Accelerated idioventricular arrhythmias are distinguished from ventricular rhythms with rates less than 40 (ventricular escape) and those faster than 120 (ventricular tachycardia).[2] Though some other references limit to between 60 and 100 beats per minute.[3] It is also referred to as AIVR and "slow ventricular tachycardia."
It can be present at birth.[4] However it is more commonly associated with reperfusion after myocardial injury.[2]
Pathophysiology
In normal hearts the sinoatrial node in the atria is the first area to depolarize and generates the action potential that leads to depolarization of the rest of the myocardium. This suppresses the intrinsic depolarization of the other parts of the heart.
The accelerated idioventricular rhythm occurs when depolarization rate of a normally suppressed focus increases to above that of the "higher order" focuses (the sinoatrial node and the atrioventricular node). This most commonly occurs in the setting of a sinus bradycardia.[5]
Accelerated idioventricular rhythm is also the most common reperfusion arrhythmia in humans. However, ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation remain the most important causes of sudden death following spontaneous restoration of antegrade flow.[6] Prior to the modern practice of percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome, pharmacologic thrombolysis was more common and accelerated idioventricular rhythms were used as a sign of successful reperfusion.[7] It is considered a benign arrythmia that does not require intervention, though through AV dyssynchrony can cause hemodynamic instability which can be treated through overdrive pacing or atropine.[2]
Appearance
AIVR appears similar to ventricular tachycardia with wide QRS complexes (QRS >120) and a regular rhythm. It can most easily be distinguished from VT in that the rate is less than 120 and usually less than 100 bpm. There may or may not be AV dissociation depending on whether it is due to ventricular escape or AV block.[8]
References
- ^ Norris, RM; Mercer, CJ (Mar–Apr 1974). "Significance of idioventricular rhythms in acute myocardial infarction". Progress in cardiovascular diseases. 16 (5): 455–68. PMID 4590952.
- ^ a b c al.], editors, Valentin Fuster, Richard A. Walsh, Robert A. Harrington ; associate editors, Sharon A. Hunt ... [et (2011). Hurst's the heart (13th ed. ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. ISBN 9780071636469.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help);|first=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ al.], ed. Dan L. Longo ... [et (2012). Harrison's principles of internal medicine (18th ed. ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 007174889X.
{{cite book}}:|edition=has extra text (help);|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Freire G, Dubrow I (March 2008). "Accelerated idioventricular rhythm in newborns: a worrisome but benign entity with or without congenital heart disease". Pediatr Cardiol. 29 (2): 457–62. doi:10.1007/s00246-007-9024-z. PMID 17687587.
- ^ "Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm: Overview - eMedicine". Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ Moens, A.L.; Claeys, M.J.; Timmermans, J.P.; Vrints, C.J. (April 2005). "Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion-injury, a clinical view on a complex pathophysiological process". International Journal of Cardiology. 100 (2): 179–190. doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.04.013. PMID 15823623.
- ^ Bonnemeier, H; Ortak, J; Wiegand, UK; Eberhardt, F; Bode, F; Schunkert, H; Katus, HA; Richardt, G (Apr 2005). "Accelerated idioventricular rhythm in the post-thrombolytic era: incidence, prognostic implications, and modulating mechanisms after direct percutaneous coronary intervention". Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc. 10 (2): 179–87. PMID 15842430.
- ^ Rabow, edited by Maxine A. Papadakis, Stephen J. McPhee; associate editor, Michael W. (2013). Current medical diagnosis & treatment 2014 (Fifty-third edition. ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. ISBN 0071806334.
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