Acupuncture Treatment of a Patient with Bradycardia and Idioventricular Rhythm
A patient with bradycardia and an idioventricular rhythm was observed. According to cardiologists, there is no reliable drug treatment for bradycardia with an idioventricular rhythm; instead, the sole treatment is a pacemaker. In the course of this case, it was shown that acupuncture can restore the...
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| description | A patient with bradycardia and an idioventricular rhythm was observed. According to cardiologists, there is no reliable drug treatment for bradycardia with an idioventricular rhythm; instead, the sole treatment is a pacemaker. In the course of this case, it was shown that acupuncture can restore the heart rhythm from bradycardia to normocardia, and from idioventricular with third-degree atrioventricular node block and an average heart rate of 34 BPM, to normal sinus rhythm with a heart rate of 71 BPM. Additionally, at the end of the treatment, the patient’s number of episodes of ventricular extrasystole decreased 36 times (3289 versus 91 episodes). These results show that research on this technique should be continued. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0ad8c67fb1304bd4929070e4e25ee4982023-01-06T01:41:46ZengMedical Association of Pharmacopuncture InstituteJournal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies2005-29012022-12-0115635636010.51507/j.jams.2022.15.6.356j.jams.2022.15.6.356Acupuncture Treatment of a Patient with Bradycardia and Idioventricular RhythmOksana Strakhova0Alexey Ryzhov1Chair of Medical and Pharmaceutical Informatics, Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Zaporizhzhia, UkraineChair of Medical and Pharmaceutical Informatics, Zaporizhzhia State Medical University, Zaporizhzhia, UkraineA patient with bradycardia and an idioventricular rhythm was observed. According to cardiologists, there is no reliable drug treatment for bradycardia with an idioventricular rhythm; instead, the sole treatment is a pacemaker. In the course of this case, it was shown that acupuncture can restore the heart rhythm from bradycardia to normocardia, and from idioventricular with third-degree atrioventricular node block and an average heart rate of 34 BPM, to normal sinus rhythm with a heart rate of 71 BPM. Additionally, at the end of the treatment, the patient’s number of episodes of ventricular extrasystole decreased 36 times (3289 versus 91 episodes). These results show that research on this technique should be continued.https://www.journal-jams.org/journal/view.html?doi=10.51507/j.jams.2022.15.6.356case reportbradycardiaidioventricular rhythmsinus rhythmatrioventricular blockacupunctureelectropuncture |
| spellingShingle | Oksana Strakhova Alexey Ryzhov Acupuncture Treatment of a Patient with Bradycardia and Idioventricular Rhythm Journal of Acupuncture & Meridian Studies case report bradycardia idioventricular rhythm sinus rhythm atrioventricular block acupuncture electropuncture |
| title | Acupuncture Treatment of a Patient with Bradycardia and Idioventricular Rhythm |
| title_full | Acupuncture Treatment of a Patient with Bradycardia and Idioventricular Rhythm |
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| title_short | Acupuncture Treatment of a Patient with Bradycardia and Idioventricular Rhythm |
| title_sort | acupuncture treatment of a patient with bradycardia and idioventricular rhythm |
| topic | case report bradycardia idioventricular rhythm sinus rhythm atrioventricular block acupuncture electropuncture |
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