Changes in cardiac rhythm in man during underwater submersion and swimming studied by ECG telemetry |
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Authors: | Hisao Yamaguchi Hiroyuki Tanaka Shigeru Obara Shingo Tanabe Noboru Utsuyama Akira Takahashi Jun Nakahira Yoshihiko Yamamoto Zhen-Lin Jiang Jufang He Eizo Bando Hiroshi Miyamoto |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, The University of Tokushima, Kuramoto-cho, 770 Tokushima, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary A previously reported method for electrocardiographic (ECG) telemetry in water using frequency-modulated current was improved to obtain more stable ECGs. The ECGs of seven healthy men were monitored using the improved method during and after whole-body submersion or underwater swimming. Bradycardia and arrhythmias were observed during the submersion, and transient tachycardia was detected after the start of underwater swimming, followed by bradycardia with arrhythmias. Three different types of arrhythmias were observed: sinus arrhythmia (SA), supraventricular extra-systole (SE) and ventricular extrasystole (VE). SA and SE tended to develop during the latter half of the period of submersion or underwater swimming, and especially after the restart of breathing. VEs were detected in only one subject during submersion, whereas they occurred in most subjects during and after underwater swimming. Individual variations were found in development of arrhythmias, one subject showing no arrhythmia. Bradycardia, SA and SE could depend on vagal suppression in underwater conditions, and VE may be related to the effect of muscular movement on cardiac function in addition to vagal inhibiton. |
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Keywords: | Arrhythmia Bradycardia Breath holding Extrasystole Heart rate |
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