Impaired self-reported sleep quality improves with radiofrequency catheter ablation in patients with premature ventricular complexes

Abstract

experience syncope and present with signs of cardiomyopathy and heart failure as a result of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), sustained VT, or ventricular fibrillation, caused by PVCs. Triggering factors of PVCs include stress, dehydration, caffeine and alcohol consumption, medical treatment, hormonal cycles in women, and poor sleep quality (PSQ). 3 In daily practice, PSQ is frequently associated with PVCs and it is often overlooked that PSQ may occur due to PVCs. In the routine evaluation of patients with PVCs, lifestyle changes INTRODUCTION Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are a very common arrhythmia in clinical practice. In the general population, it has been seen in 1% to 4% of patients on electrocardiography (ECG) and in 40% to 75% on 24-hour Holter ECG. 1,2 This condition, which is generally benign, may cause sudden cardiac death in patients with structural heart disease. Numerous patients with PVCs are asymptomatic. Those symptomatic complain of palpitations, dizziness, near-syncope, dyspnea, chest pain, and fatigue. Apart from that, patients may

Impaired Sleep Quality in Patients with Supraventricular Tachycardia Improves after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation

“…Sleep disturbance and especially the increase in correlated arrhythmic events may have an association with increased sudden cardiac deaths (15). We have previously shown that sleep quality is disturbed in patients with PVCs and that this could be regressed via RF ablation treatment (16). Although supraventricular arrythmias are not correlated with nocturnal sudden deaths, this arrythmia negatively affects quality of life in these patients.…”