EFFECT OF DEXMEDETOMİDİNE AND MİDAZOLAM SEDATİON ON HEART RATE VARİABİLİTY AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY

Overview

The parasympathetic tone reduction and sympathetic tone enhancement, which are components of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity, increase the likelihood of malignant arrhythmias leading to ventricular fibrillation. Malignant arrhythmias are associated with high mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a physiological indicator of the effects of ANS activity on heart rate and is associated with a prognostic value for cardiac mortality. Dexmedetomidine has been shown to improve myocardial perfusion, reduce arrhythmia incidence, reduce inflammatory response, and reduce mortality in patients with coronary artery disease. The aim of this study investigate the effects of dexmedetomidine electrophysiologically on cardiac autonomic system by using HRV analysis for the purpose of sedation in patients who were followed up in the intensive care unit after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Malignant arrhythmias are associated with high mortality and morbidity after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) operations. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a physiological indicator of the effects of activity on heart ANS rate and has prognostic value for cardiac mortality. Spectral analysis of HRV can provide an assessment of adrenergic and cholinergic system activities during anesthesia. With the "power spectral" analysis of HRV, important clinical information can be obtained about the effects of anesthesia on the autonomic nervous system and the central nervous system. Decrease in HRV has a prognostic value for cardiac-induced mortality. The disease, which is transferred to intensive care unit (ICU) after CABG, is sedated with different medicines until the time of extubation. One commonly used sedative drug is deksmedetomidine, an α2 receptor agonist. Alpha 2 (α2) receptor agonist drugs reduce myocardial oxygen consumption and heart rate with sympatholytic properties. Therefore, deksmedetomidine can be safely and effectively used in patients undergoing cardiac surgery without pro-tachyarrhythmic and / or negative inotropic effects.In this study, it was aimed to investigate electrophysiologic effects of cardiac autonomic system by using HRV analysis in dexmedetomine and midazolam patients who underwent elective CABG and were used for sedation in the postoperative period.