INFLUENCE OF BETA-BLOCKERS ON THE FREQUENCY OF ARRHYTHMIA RECURRENCESIN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR - AN INTRAINDIVIDUAL COMPARISON

Authors
FRIES R HEISEL A SCHIEFFER H
Citation
R. Fries et al., INFLUENCE OF BETA-BLOCKERS ON THE FREQUENCY OF ARRHYTHMIA RECURRENCESIN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR - AN INTRAINDIVIDUAL COMPARISON, International journal of cardiology, 66(1), 1998, pp. 89-90
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
66
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
89 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1998)66:1<89:IOBOTF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We studied retrospectively 60 consecutive recipients of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and identified 16 patients who were tempor arily on and off beta-blockers (farther medication unchanged). An intr aindividual analysis revealed that 56% of the patients experienced mor e arrhythmic episodes during follow-up off beta-blockers compared to 4 4% while being on beta-blockers. Also, the mean episode frequency duri ng follow-up time on and off beta-blockers was comparable (0.4+/-0.6 v s. 0.51+/-0.5, ns). (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd All rights r eserved.