Effects of ranolazine on the arrhythmic substrate in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Autor: James A. Coleman, Ruben Doste, Matteo Beltrami, Alessia Argirò, Raffaele Coppini, Iacopo Olivotto, Betty Raman, Alfonso Bueno-Orovio
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Pharmacology, Vol 15 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1663-9812
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1379236
Popis: Introduction: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading cause of lethal arrhythmias in the young. Although the arrhythmic substrate has been hypothesised to be amenable to late Na+ block with ranolazine, the specific mechanisms are not fully understood. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the substrate mechanisms of safety and antiarrhythmic efficacy of ranolazine in HCM.Methods: Computational models of human tissue and ventricles were used to simulate the electrophysiological behaviour of diseased HCM myocardium for variable degrees of repolarisation impairment, validated against in vitro and clinical recordings. S1-S2 pacing protocols were used to quantify arrhythmic risk in scenarios of (i) untreated HCM-remodelled myocardium and (ii) myocardium treated with 3µM, 6µM and 10µM ranolazine, for variable repolarisation heterogeneity sizes and pacing rates. ECGs were derived from biventricular simulations to identify ECG biomarkers linked to antiarrhythmic effects.Results: 10µM ranolazine given to models manifesting ventricular tachycardia (VT) at baseline led to a 40% reduction in number of VT episodes on pooled analysis of >40,000 re-entry inducibility simulations. Antiarrhythmic efficacy and safety were dependent on the degree of repolarisation impairment, with optimal benefit in models with maximum JTc interval
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