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Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
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Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
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Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
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Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
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Childhood and Athletic Beginnings
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3. INTRODUCTION
Definition- Supraventricular tachyarrhythmia
with uncoordinated atrial activation
ineffective atrial contraction
(ECG) characteristics-
1) Irregular R-R intervals
2) Absence of distinct repeating P waves and
3) Low amplitude baseline oscillations
(fibrillatory waves), f waves – 300-600 bpm
4. INTRODUCTION
Ventricular rate during AF- 100-160 bpm
WPW syndrome- ventricular rate > 250 bpm
Patients with pacemaker and patients with 3rd
degree heart block with regular escape
rhythm- ventricular rhythm may be regular
5. • Onset of an irregular ventricular rhythm and an increase in
ventricular rate
Change in the ventricular response
• Loss of atrioventricular (AV) synchrony, decreased ventricular
filling time, and possibleAV valve regurgitation
Detrimental hemodynamic consequences
• Loss of effective contraction and atrial stasis.
Likelihood of sustaining a thromboembolic event
Sinus rhythm Atrial fibrillation
6. • terminates spontaneously or with intervention within 7 days
of onset
Paroxysmal
• continuously sustained beyond 7 days, including episodes
terminated by cardioversion (drugs or electrical cardioversion)
after >_7 days
Persistent
• ContinuousAF of >12 months duration when decided to adopt
a rhythm control strategy
Long standing persistent
• Long standingAF refractory to cardioversion
Permanent
Classification of AF
7. Electrophysiology of AF
Trigger: Rapidly firing focus that can act as an
initiator for the arrhythmia
Substrate: Electrophysiological, mechanical and
anatomical characteristics of the atria that
sustain AF.
Electrical remodeling – changes in properties of ion
channels
Structural remodeling – alteration in tissue
architecture
Macroscopic-Atrial dilatation
Microscopic-Fibrosis
Trigger driven
disease
ParoxysmalAF
Functional
atrial substrate
PersistentAF
Structural atrial
remodelling
PermanentAF
8. Basic atrial
electrophysiology
APD & RF are shorter in the atria (particularly
in the left atrium) compared with the
ventricular myocardium
Regional heterogeneity within and between
the atria
Differences in Intra-atrial ion channel
density
9. Triggers for AF
Muscular sleeves: Extension of Left atrial
myocardium over PVs
Muscular sleeves within the pulmonary vein (PV)
ostia are the source of the ectopic beats triggering
AF in many patients with paroxysmalAF.
Superior PVs have longer and better-developed
myocardial sleeves than inferior PVs most of the
ectopic foci that initiate AF are from the superior PVs
Regional Difference of ERPs
Distal PVs have short ERPs compared to Proximal PVs
(differences in ERP between proximal and distal PVs were
decreased after isoproterenol infusion)
11. Non-PV triggers
Superior vena cava
Coronary sinus
Left atrial appendage
Vein of marshall
Crista terminalis
Left atrial posterior free
wall
Myocardial sleeves
Fibrosis
P/catheter ablation procedure
12. Ganglionated plexi, which are
conglomerations of autonomic ganglia on the
epicardial surface of the heart, may play a
role in the initiation and maintenance of AF
Afterdepolarizations and extra-systolic
activity
DADs
EADs
14. EADs
Strong simultaneous discharge of vagal and
sympathetic nerves (vagosympathetic
discharge)
Vagal discharge APD (RP)
Sympathetic stimulation Ca2+ transients
cytoplasmic free Ca2+ during AP
15. Arrhythmic mechanisms that
sustain AF
1. Multiple wavelet hypothesis
2. Localized AF drivers
Anatomical reentry
Functional reentry
Leading circle concept
Spiral wave reentry / rotor concept
16. 1. Multiple wavelets
Fibrillation is maintained by the irregular
wandering of numerous wavelets generated
by the fractionation of a wave front passing
through tissue in a state of inhomogeneity
with respect to excitability and conduction
velocity
18. Dimension of circuit = wavelength (WL) = RP(Refractory period) × CV (conduction velocity)
smallest circuit which can sustain functional reentry
Leading Circle Model
19. • Stability of AF according to
the leading circle concept is
determined by the number
of simultaneous re-entry
circuits that the atria can
accommodate
• When the 1) WL is short (as
a result of reduced RP or
CV) or
• 2) when the atria are
enlarged, more re-entrant
circuits can be
accommodated and AF is
more likely to maintain
itself
Why Atrial Enlargement Predisposes to AF?
20. Functional Reentry Due to Rotors/Spiral Waves
Wavefront has a curved
or spiral form, and the
wavefront and wavetail
meet at a focal point
called a phase singularity
(PS)
Wavefront velocity in a
rotor is not constant,
depending instead on
wavefront curvature due
to current source–sink
mismatch
21. Functional Reentry Due to Rotors/Spiral Waves
Wavefront in close proximity to the PS is
the region of highest curvaturearea of
slowest wavefront conduction velocity
At the PS, the wavefront curvature is so
high and conduction velocity is so slow,
that the propagating wavefront is unable
to invade a core of tissue in the centre of
the rotor
This tissue core effectively
unexcitable forms an area of functional
block similar to the centre of a leading
circle reentrant circuit.
22. Reentry Circuit Rotor
A reentrant circuit in
the leading circle
model must remain
fixed in space because
the centre of the circuit
is completely
unexcitable
A rotor is able to move
through space and, due
to constant source–
sink current mismatch
at the PS and core,
under certain
circumstances the
rotor can meander in
various complex forms
which in turn have
important effects on
rotor behavior and
sustainability
25. Atrial Tachycardia Remodeling
Decrease in atrial effective refractory period (ERP)
and reduction in physiological ERP rate adaptation
This ERP decrease reduces the wavelength, and thus
atrial tachycardia remodeling produces a substrate
favorable for AF
Atrial tachycardia suppresses atrial myocyte
contractility, by altering Ca2+ homeostasis and
thereby causes “contractile remodeling” that may
contribute to atrial stasis and the associated
thromboembolic predisposition, as well as to AF
perpetuation
26. CHF and Atrial Structural
Remodeling
Atrial ERP is unchanged or increased by CHF, but
local atrial conduction abnormalities occur in
association with marked fibrosis between and within
atrial muscle bundles
Abnormalities in atrial structure and local
conduction stabilize atrial reentry allow AF-
sustaining reentry circuits that sometimes appear to
have a stable macro-reentry pattern
Ionic Mechanisms.
NCX activity enhanced in CHF
Delayed afterdepolarisation
27. Fibrosis
Action potential shortening occurs within
about 10 days and coincides with the initial
spontaneous maintenance of AF, but that
atrial fibrosis then occurs over a period of up
to a year, coinciding with long-standing
persistence
28. Structural remodelling
fatty infiltration
inflammatory infiltration
necrosis and
amyloid deposition
Adipose tissue has a paracrine effect through the
release of adipokines with profibrotic properties.
It also forms barriers to wavefront conduction and
favour reentrant circuits
29. Autonomic and neural remodeling
Increase in the density of sympathetic and
parasympathetic innervation with AF
After MI and cardiomyopathy
Supported by the circadian variation of the paroxysmal
AF episodes
morning and a second rise in the evening
fewer episodes on Saturdays
more arrhythmias occurred during the last months of each year
30.
31. Demographics and
lifestyle
• Aging
• Male sex
• Cigarette
smoking
• Alcohol
consumption
• Obesity (BMI of
≥30 kg m–2)
Cardiovascular
disorders
• Hypertension
• CAD
• HF
• LVH
• Valve disease
• HCM, DCM
Other factors
• Metabolic
Syndrome
• DM
• Cerebro vascular
disease
• Hyperthyroidism
• CKD
• OSA
• COPD
• Post CABG/Valve
surgery
RISK FACTORS FOR AF
32. WHOM TO SCREEN ?
Opportunistic screening for AF by pulse
taking or ECG rhythm strip is recommended
in patients >_65 years of age. (Class I B)
33. ‘A’ Anticoagulation/Avoid stroke
‘B’ Better symptom control
‘C’ Cardiovascular risk factors and
concomitant diseases: detection and
management
Management:the integrated ABC
Pathway
35. Stroke risk
assessment
Low risk: CHA2DS2-
VASc score of 0 in
men and 1 in
women) who do not
need any
antithrombotic
therapy
High risk:
CHA2DS2-VASc
score of ≥1 in men
and ≥2 in women)
36.
37.
38. ‘B’ Better symptom control
Rate control
Rhythm control
Cardioversion
AF ablation
39. Rate control
TRIAL STRATEGY JOURNAL N; DURATION RESULTS
AFFIRMTRIAL Rate control vs
rhythm control
NEJM, 2002
(Multicentric)
2027(Rate c) vs
2033(Rhythm c)
5yrs f/u
-Mortality (p-
0.08)
-Continuous
OAC (AFSR)
RACE IITRIAL Rate control:
Lenient
(HR<110)
vs
Strict
(<80@rest;<110
during moderate
exrcise)
NEJM, 2010 311(Lenient) vs
303(Strict)
3 yr f/u
-Similar MACCE
(12.9%) -Lenient
vs
(14.9%) -Strict
(p<0.001 for non
inferiority)
40.
41.
42.
43. Rhythm control
In patients who present with an episode of
AF, more than two-thirds have spontaneous
conversion to sinus rhythm
44. Indications for rhythm
control
Based on the currently available evidence
from RCTs, the primary indication for rhythm
control is to reduce AF-related symptoms
and improve QoL
45.
46.
47. CARDIOVERSION
Acute rhythm control can be performed as an
emergency cardioversion in a haemodynamically
unstable AF patient .
Synchronized direct current electrical
cardioversion is the preferred choice in
haemodynamically compromisedAF patients as it is
more effective than pharmacological cardioversion
and results in immediate restoration of sinus
rhythm.
In stable patients, either pharmacological
cardioversion or electrical cardioversion can be
attempted; pharmacological cardioversion is less
effective but does not require sedation.
48.
49. Electrical cardioversion
Electrical cardioversion can be performed safely in sedated
patients treated with i.v. midazolam and/or propofol or
etomidate.
BP monitoring and oximetry during the procedure should
be used routinely. Skin burns may occasionally be observed.
Intravenous atropine or isoproterenol, or temporary
transcutaneous pacing, should be available in case of post-
cardioversion bradycardia.
Biphasic defibrillators are standard because of their
superior efficacy compared with monophasic defibrillators.
Anterior posterior electrode positions restore sinus rhythm
more effectively, while other reports suggest that specific
electrical pad positioning is not critically important for
successful cardioversion.
50. Pharmacological cardioversion
Pharmacological cardioversion to sinus rhythm is
an elective procedure indicated in
haemodynamically stable patients.
Its true efficacy is biased by the spontaneous
restoration of sinus rhythm within 48 h of
hospitalization in 76 - 83% of patients with
recent onset AF (10 - 18% within first 3 h, 55 -
66% within 24 h, and 69% within 48 h).
Therefore, a ‘wait-and-watch’ strategy (usually
for <24 h) may be considered in patients with
recent-onset AF as a non-inferior alternative to
early cardioversion.
51. The choice of a specific drug is based on the type and
severity of associated heart disease, and pharmacological
cardioversion is more effective in recent onsetAF.
Flecainide (and other class Ic agents), indicated in patients
without significant LV hypertrophy (LVH), LV systolic
dysfunction, or ischaemic heart disease, results in prompt
(3 - 5 h) and safe restoration of sinus rhythm in >50% of
patients
While i.v. amiodarone, mainly indicated in HF patients, has
a limited and delayed effect but can slow heart rate within
12 h.
Intravenous vernakalant is the most rapidly cardioverting
drug, including patients with mild HF and ischaemic heart
disease, and is more effective than amiodarone or
flecainide
52. In selected outpatients with rare paroxysmal AF
episodes, a self administered oral dose of flecainide or
propafenone is slightly less effective than in-hospital
pharmacological cardioversion but may be preferred
(permitting an earlier conversion), provided that the drug
safety and efficacy has previously been established in the
hospital setting.
An atrioventricular node-blocking drug should be
instituted in patients treated with class Ic AADs
(especially flecainide) to avoid transformation to AFL
with 1:1 conduction.
53.
54.
55. AF ablation
AF catheter ablation is effective in maintaining
sinus rhythm in patients with paroxysmal and
persistent AF.
The main clinical benefit of AF catheter ablation
is the reduction of arrhythmia-related
symptoms.
This has been confirmed in a recent RCT showing
that the improvement in QoL was significantly
higher in the ablation vs. medical therapy group
as was the associated reduction in AF burden.
56. TRIAL STRATEGY JOURNAL N; DURATION RESULTS
APAF STUDY Circumferential
PV Ablation vs
Antiarrhythmic
Drug Therapy for
paroxysmal AF
JACC, 2006
(ITALY)
99(CPVA) vs
99(ADT)
1 yr f/u
AT free
CPVA-86% vs
ADT-22%
(p<0.001)
MANTRA PAF Catheter RFA vs
Antiarrhythmic
agents for
paroxysmal AF
NEJM, 2012
(Multicetric RCT)
146(RFA) vs
148(AAT)
2 yr f/u
Cumulative AF
burden
RFA-13%
AAT-19%
(p=0.10)
PAROXYSMAL AF
57. TRIAL STRATEGY JOURNAL N; DURATION RESULTS
CAMERA-MRI
Study
Catheter
ablation vs
Medical rate
control
AF with LV dysf
(MR based)
JACC, 2017
(Multicentric RCT)
33 catheter
ablation vs
33 medical rate
control
6 mnth f/u
EF normalised
Catheter
ablation grp-
58%
MedicalTx- 9%
(P-0.0002)
{No LGE on MRI}
CASTLE-AF Catheter
ablation vs
Medical therapy
AF with HF
(mean EF-32%)
NEJM, 2018
(Multicentric RCT)
179 Catheter
ablation vs
189 Medical
therapy
Death & HF
hospialization
Catheter –28.5%
Mx- 44.6%
(p-0.006)
AF WITH HF
58. TRIAL STRATEGY JOURNAL N; DURATION RESULTS
CABANATRIAL Catheter
ablation vs
Drug therapy
JAMA, 2019
(Multicentric RCT)
1108 catheter
ablation vs
1096 Drug
therapy
5 yrs f/u
Primary end
point
Ablation-8% vs
Drug- 9.2%
(P = 0.30)
CABANA
Subgroup
Catheter
ablation vs
Drug therapy
AF with HF
(EF<40%)
N=778(35%) Primary end
point
AF recurrence
=CV mortality or
HF hospi.
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Figure 3 | Afterdepolarization-mediated ectopic activity. a | Mechanisms leading to delayed afterdepolarizations (DADs). The resting membrane of cardiomyocytes (phase 4) is polarized with a potential of approximately –85 to –90 mV. The phases of the action potential are circled. During an action potential, fast Na+ influx channels in the plasma membrane open, leading to the inward movement of Na+, which causes a net increase in the intracellular positive charge and rapid membrane depolarization (phase 0). This is followed by the closure of fast Na+ channels (phase 1) and slower Ca2+ influx and K+ efflux channel opening, leading to a plateau in the membrane potential (phase 2). Rapid repolarization (phase 3) is mediated by a net outward movement of K+ while the Ca2+ influx channels close. From phase 0 to phase 3, the membrane is refractory to action potentials. Intracellular Ca2+ is released from storage in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through the ryanodine receptor (RyR2) in response to calcium influx from the extracellular environment, contributing to the increase in cytosolic Ca2+ that causes contraction. During diastole (phases 3 and 4), the RyR2 closes and Ca2+ is transported from the cytoplasm back into the SR through the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) pump. DADs occur when, in phase 4, the RyR2 channels reopen, leading to the release of Ca2+ into the cytoplasm during diastole. This excess cytoplasmic Ca2+ is transported out of the cell through the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX), leading to a net increase in intracellular charge as a result of Na+ influx (termed the transient inward current (Iti)). If this increase in positive charge is large enough, appreciable membrane depolarization can occur, causing an ectopic beat
b | Phase 3 early afterdepolarization (EAD)-mediated spontaneous activity. Strong vagosympathetic discharge can shorten action potential duration (and, therefore, the length of the refractory period) while causing Ca2+-mediated depolarization and an EAD, which can reach threshold to cause a spontaneous extra-systolic beat. P, phosphate group.
Break-up of the emanating wave front against tissue with spatially variable refractory or conduction properties.
Multiple waves propagate randomly and give birth to new daughter wavelets.
A: Leading circle reentry. No excitable gap is present, and the circuit rotates with a
frequency of f0.This is the smallest circuit which can sustain functional reentry.
B: Functional reentrant circuit larger than the leading circle. An excitable gap is present and
the circuit rotates with a frequency of f1 which is slower than f0.
C: Functional reentrant circuit smaller than the leading circle. This circuit cannot sustain
reentry as the circulating wavefront encounteres refractory tissue and will therefore block
and terminate. See text for additional details.
A: Leading circle reentry. No excitable gap is present, and the circuit rotates with a
frequency of f0.This is the smallest circuit which can sustain functional reentry.
B: Functional reentrant circuit larger than the leading circle. An excitable gap is present and
the circuit rotates with a frequency of f1 which is slower than f0.
C: Functional reentrant circuit smaller than the leading circle. This circuit cannot sustain
reentry as the circulating wavefront encounteres refractory tissue and will therefore block
and terminate. See text for additional details.
Fig. 5. A schema of the potential pathogenesis of atrial-tachycardia remodeling. Ca2+ loading due to increased rates causes a
threat to cell viability, which is prevented by short- and long-term adaptations that reduce Ca2+ entry, providing protective negative
feedback on Ca2+ loading, APD abbreviation, and positive feedback on AF likelihood by reducing ERP and wavelength (WL).
The ERP abbreviation caused by atrial tachycardia remodeling is due to APD abbreviation, due to down-regulation of I Ca L , which may contribute to atrial contractile dysfunction
Figure 4. Mechanisms by which fibrosis can promote atrial arrhythmogenesis leading to atrial fibrillation. A, Excess extracellular matrix protein can interrupt cardiac muscle bundle continuity in the longitudinal direction, leading to conduction slowing and block that help to initiate and maintain re-entry. B, Fibroblasts can interact with cardiomyocytes electrically. Because fibroblasts are an inexcitable current sink, they can slow conduction. In addition, because they are less polarized than cardiomyocytes, they can enhance phase-4 depolarization (leading to spontaneous firing), depolarize the cardiomyocyte resting membrane potential, and shorten action potential duration (APD; favoring re-entry). ECM indicates extracellular matrix.
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vitamin K antagonist (VKA) such as warfarin reduces stroke risk by 64% and all-cause mortality by 26% compared with control or placebo treatments
use of antiplatelet therapy in patients with AF only reduces the incidence of stroke by 22%, with no significant reduction in mortality.