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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-6-23
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of our study was to correlate betablocker effects on premature ventricular beats (PVBs) with different patterns between PVB frequency and cardiac cycle. The computer program we used correlates each PVB to the preceding cycle length in a 24-hour electrocardiogram recording. The arrhythmic patterns obtained were defined as tachycardia-dependent, indifferent and bradycardia-dependent. We selected 51 patients (39 males, 12 females, mean age 52 years) with different cardiac diseases, all in sinus rhythm, with > 25 PVBs/h, characterized by PVB stability and reproducible pattern in 2 Holter monitoring recorded at a 3-5 day interval. A tachycardia-dependent pattern (TDP) was demonstrated in 20 patients; 22 patients showed an indifferent pattern (IP) and 9 a bradycardia-dependent pattern (BDP). A third Holter monitoring was performed 4-5 days after nadolol administration (80 mg/day). Nadolol caused a 87.7% PVB suppression in TDP patients (p < 0.001), a 34.8% PVB reduction in IP patients (p < 0.01) and a 36.3% increase in BDP patients (NS). The different effect of nadolol on these groups was highly significant (chi 2 30.9; p < 0.0001). These results indicate that pattern definitions is useful in identifying PVB subsets which are likely to be improved, or not, by betablockers.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0393-1978
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
853-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
[Is it possible to predict the anti-arrhythmic effect of beta blockers based on various relations between premature ventricular beat and the preceding cardiac cycle?].
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Bari.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract