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Sympathoadrenal and cardiovascular responses to mental stress, isometric handgrip, and cold pressor test in asymptomatic young men with primary T wave abnormalities in the electrocardiogram

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Atterhog, J H, Eliasson, K, Hjemdahl, P·1981·Heart

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Sympathoadrenal activity was evaluated by the determination of plasma catecholamines at rest and during stressful provocations in 12 young asymptomatic men with primary T wave abnormalities in the electrocardiogram and without a history or signs of cardiac disease (group T) and in 13 matched controls.The T wave abnormalities consisted of notching, flattening, or inversion without concomitant ST depression in leads II, V4, and V6.At rest, plasma noradrenaline was approximately twice as high in group T as in the controls, whereas plasma adrenaline and dopamine levels were similar in the two groups.Non-invasive haemodynamic monitoring (blood pressure and impedance cardiography) showed a significantly higher systolic blood pressure and impedance signs of increased cardiac contractility without tachycardia in group T. A standardised mental stress test, isometric hand grip, and a cold pressor test all significantly increased blood pressure, as well as noradrenaline and adrenaline in both groups.The increases in diastolic blood pressure and adrenaline tended to be larger in group T in connection with stressful provocations, indicating increased sympathoadrenal reactivity.The increases in systolic blood pressure and noradrenaline persisted during provocations.In both groups the cold pressor test, which raises blood pressure mainly by vasoconstriction, increased noradrenaline more than did the other two tests, which are believed to act mainly by cardiac stimulation.Because of the low adrenaline levels found, neurogenic mechanisms appear to be of greater importance than adrenaline for the circulatory responses to each of these provocations.The study provides evidence in favour of increased sympathetic activity at rest and enhanced sympathoadrenal reactivity during stress in subjects with primary T wave abnormalities.These electrocardiographic findings may therefore be explained by increased sympathoadrenal activity.Emotional and other stimuli causing sympathetic activity may produce changes in the electrocardio- gram.' 2 For example, beta-adrenergic blockade may reverse ST-T changes resembling myocardial ischaemia in asymptomatic patients without other signs of organic heart disease.3 4 Similarly, patients with the so-called "primary hyperkinetic heart syndrome" show T wave alterations (flattening, inversion) which are accentuated by tilting, mental stress, or isoprenaline, and are counteracted by beta-adrenoreceptor blockade or cold.5

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  1. Frankenhaeuser M. Behaviour and circulating catecholamines. Brain Res 1971; 31: 241-62.
  2. Bonelli J, Hortnagl H, Brucke T, Magometschnigg D, Lochs H, Kaik G. Effect of calculation stress on haemodynamics and plasma catecholamines before and after is-blockade with propranolol (InderalR) and mepindolol sulfate (CorindolanR). Eur3' Clin Pharmacol 1979; 15: 1-8.
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Authors
Atterhog, J. H., Eliasson, K., & Hjemdahl, P.
Affiliations
Karolinska University Hospital (SE)
Venue
Heart
Publisher
BMJ
Published
1981-09-01
Volume
46
Issue
3
Pages
311-319
ISSN
1355-6037 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2170531277
Cited by
53
References
29
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Heart (publishedVersion)
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Funders
Karolinska Institutet
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena
Keywords
T wave changes, sympathoadrenal activity, plasma catecholamines, norepinephrine, epinephrine, psychological stress, isometric handgrip exercise, cold pressor test, blood pressure response, sympathetic nervous system, beta-adrenergic blockade
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adrenal Glands, Adult, Atropine, Catecholamines, Cold Temperature, Electrocardiography, Hemodynamics, Humans, Isometric Contraction, Male, Stress, Psychological, Sympathetic Nervous System

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