Acute Effects of Red Bull Energy Drinks on Atrial Electromechanical Function in Healthy Young Adults.
Am J Cardiol
; 125(4): 570-574, 2020 02 15.
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ABSTRACT
Energy drinks (EDs) are widely consumed by adolescents and young adults. Almost all kinds of arrhythmias have been reported following EDs consumption, most of which is atrial fibrillation (AF). Atrial conduction time prolongation and heterogeneous sinusal impulses propagation to the atriums are the key electrophysiological mechanisms leading AF. We aimed to evaluate the acute effects of Red Bull ED ingestion on atrial electromechanical conduction times in healthy young adults. After a 12-hour fasting, 54 healthy young adults consumed 330 mL of Red Bull ED. Atrial electromechanical coupling (PA), intra-atrial electromechanical delay (intra-AEMD), and interatrial electromechanical delay (inter-AEMD) were measured at baseline and 2-hour after Red Bull ED ingestion by echocardiographic tissue-Doppler imaging (TDI) method. PA-lateral (49.7 ± 11.2 vs 54.1 ± 11.0 msn, pâ¯=â¯0.001) and PA-septal (40.8 ± 9.1 vs 43.7 ± 10.5 msn, pâ¯=â¯0.032) times were statistically significantly prolonged after Red Bull ED ingestion. There was also a statistically significant increase in the duration of inter-AEMD (14.4 ± 10.6 vs 18.1 ± 8.5 msn, pâ¯=â¯0.010) after ED ingestion. It was showed that even a single can of ED can acutely increase atrial electromechanical conduction times in young adults. These findings may be the cause of ED-associated AF.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Bebidas Energéticas
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Atrios Cardíacos
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Sistema de Conducción Cardíaco
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Am J Cardiol
Año:
2020
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Article
País de afiliación:
Turquía