Effect of combination of Chinese and Western medicines on sinus rhythm maintenance in patients with auricular fibrillation after conversion / 中国中西医结合杂志
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
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(12): 644-646, 2006.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-230139
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the curative effects of irbesartan, amiodarone and Wenxin Granule (WG), applied alone or in combination, on sinus rhythm maintenance in patients with auricular fibrillation (AF) after conversion.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Forty-one patients of persistent AF, after their fibrillation being converted, were divided into three groups randomly, and treated with amiodarone (group A, n=14), irbesartan and amiodarone (group B, n=15), and WG plus irbesartan and amiodarone (group C, n=12) respectively for 6 months.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with that before treatment, the inner diameter of atria sinistrum reduced in group B and C, and the reduction in the latter was superior to that in the former (P < 0.05); the diameter of left ventricle also reduced in group C (P < 0.05); and the maintenance rate of sinus rhythm was higher in group C than that in group A (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Combined therapy of Chinese and Western medicines shows synergistic effect of anti-arrhythmia.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Atrial Fibrillation
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Tetrazoles
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Biphenyl Compounds
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Drugs, Chinese Herbal
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Therapeutic Uses
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Drug Therapy
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Amiodarone
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Phytotherapy
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Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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