Clinical characteristics and possible mechanism of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation induced by intracoronary injection of acetylcholine
| Autor: | Hiroyuki Kawada, Shozo Sueda, Kouki Watanabe, Tadao Uraoka, Hiroshi Fukuda, Naoto Ochi, Yutaka Hayashi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Tachycardia
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Provocation test Remission Spontaneous Coronary Disease Injections Intralesional Coronary Angiography Risk Assessment Age Distribution Risk Factors Internal medicine Atrial Fibrillation medicine Humans Sinus rhythm Diltiazem Sex Distribution Tachycardia Paroxysmal Aged Retrospective Studies Aged 80 and over business.industry Vascular disease Incidence Atrial fibrillation Middle Aged medicine.disease Coronary Vessels Pathophysiology Acetylcholine Echocardiography Vasoconstriction Cardiology Female medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business medicine.drug Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | The American journal of cardiology. 88(5) |
| ISSN: | 0002-9149 |
| Popis: | The results of this study demonstrate that diltiazem may reduce the recurrence rate of paroxysmal AF by '50%. Because the electrophysiologic effects of AF gradually resolve over a period of a few days,10 it is unlikely that episodes of paroxysmal AF that occur >4 to 5 days after a preceding episode can be attributed to the electrophysiologic effects of the previous episode. Therefore, diltiazem may be most likely to reduce the number of episodes of paroxysmal AF in patients who have only short periods of sinus rhythm between the episodes of AF. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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