Electrocardiographic alterations during hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in healthy subjects

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作者
Laitinen, Tomi [1 ]
Lyyra-Laitinen, Tiina [1 ]
Huopio, Hanna [2 ]
Vauhkonen, Ilkka [3 ]
Halonen, Toivo [4 ]
Hartikainen, Juha [3 ]
Niskanen, Leo [3 ]
Laakso, Markku [3 ]
机构
[1] Kuopio Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Physiol & Nucl Med, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
[2] Kuopio Univ Hosp, Dept Pediat, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
[3] Kuopio Univ Hosp, Dept Med, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
[4] Kuopio Univ Hosp, Lab Ctr, FIN-70211 Kuopio, Finland
关键词
E; epinephrine; hypoglycemia; insulin; norepinephrine;
D O I
10.1111/j.1542-474X.2008.00208.x
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background: We evaluated the arrhythmogenic potential of hypoglycemia by studying electrocardiographic (ECG) changes in response to hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia and associated sympathoadrenal counterregulatory responses in healthy subjects. Methods: The study population consisted of 18 subjects, aged 30-40 years. Five-minute ECG recordings and blood samplings were performed at baseline and during the euglycemic and hypoglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp studies. PR, QT, and QTc intervals of electrocardiogram and ECG morphology were assessed from signal-averaged ECG. Results: Although cardiac beat interval remained unchanged, PR interval decreased (P < 0.01) and QTc interval (P < 0.001) increased in response to hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Concomitant morphological alterations consisted of slight increases in R-wave amplitude and area (P < 0.01 for both), significant decreases in T-wave amplitude and area (P < 0.001 for both), and moderate ST depression (P < 0.001). Counterregulatory norepinephrine response correlated with amplification of the R wave (r = -0.620, P < 0.05) and epinephrine response correlated with flattening of the T wave (r = -0.508, P < 0.05). Conclusions: Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia with consequent sympathetic humoral activation is associated with several ECG alterations in atrioventricular conduction, ventricular depolarization, and ventricular repolarization. Such alterations in cardiac electrical function may be of importance in provoking severe arrhythmias and "dead-in-bed" syndrome in diabetic patients with unrecognized hypoglycemic episodes.
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