Abstract
To determine the efficacy of encainide in the treatment of atrioventricular (AV) node reentrant tachycardia, Holter electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring, exercise treadmill testing and programmed electrical stimulation were performed in 16 patients while they were taking no medication and after steady state levels were reached during treatment with encainide (75 to 200 mg/day; mean 117 +/- 47). In addition, to study the possible reversal of drug effects by sympathetic stimulation, AV node conduction and tachycardia induction were reassessed during isoproterenol infusion (1 to 3 micrograms/min), a dose calculated to increase the rest heart rate by 25 +/- 10%. Sustained AV node reentrant tachycardia could be initiated in all 16 patients in the control state, in 2 patients after encainide and in 10 patients during isoproterenol infusion. The shortest mean atrial paced cycle length sustaining 1:1 AV conduction was 358 +/- 57 ms during the control study, which increased to 409 +/- 59 ms with encainide (p less than 0.01 versus control) and decreased to 313 +/- 31 ms during isoproterenol infusion (p less than 0.01 versus control and encainide). The shortest mean ventricular paced cycle length with 1:1 ventriculoatrial conduction was ...Continue Reading
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