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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
An assessment was made of the effect of pirmenol in the termination of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Sinus rhythm was restored by intravenous administration in 11 of 17 patients during a spontaneous attack. Another 8 patients were studied electrophysiologically. Pirmenol terminated an induced SVT in 3 of 5 patients having an atrioventricular (AV) intranodal re-entry mechanism but in none of 3 patients having an atrioventricular bypass tract as one re-entrant limb. The overall success in restoring sinus rhythm was 14 of 25 patients (56%). The drug was hemodynamically well tolerated even in cases of continued SVT. Pirmenol increased the atrial effective refractory period and had no obvious effect on AH and HV intervals. The functional refractory period of the AV node was decreased, probably by an anticholinergic effect. The effective and functional refractory periods of retrograde atrioventricular conduction via the AV node and bypass tract were increased in some patients. The mechanism terminating the AV intranodal SVT was a block in the retrograde part of the dual AV nodal pathway, a typical antiarrhythmic Class I effect.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0160-9289
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
369-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Pirmenol in termination of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't