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Low-dose Carteolol Therapy for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: reducing tachycardia and improving nocturnal bradycardia Nobusuke Kondou 1 , Koukou Ri 1 , Takeshi Shikama 1 , Tomonobu Terada 2 , Yukiko Irie 2 , Michihiko Saitou 2 , Youko Ishiwatari 2 , Shigeo Kataoka 2 1Chousei Municipal Hospital, Division of Internal Meidcine 2Chousei Municipal Hospital, Division of Physiological Laboratory Keyword: 慢性心房細動 , 心拍数調節 , carteolol少量療法 , chronic atrial fibrillation , heart rate control , low-dose carteolol pp.191-196
Published Date 2001/2/15
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1404902245
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 The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of low-dose carteolol and digoxin on heart-rate control in18 patients with chronic atrial fibrillation. Firstly, in 9patients without heart rate control treatment, 24-hourheart rate profiles were studied before (control) and 2weeks after low-dose carteolol treatment (1 mg twicedaily), using 24-hour ambulatory Bolter ECG. Secondly,9 patients under conventional digoxin treatment for thepurpose of heart rate control were studied in the samemanner. We switched the conventional digoxin therapyto low-dose carteolol (1mg twice daily) therapy and 24-hour ambulatory Holter ECG was performed againafter two or four weeks.

 Compared with the controls, low-dose carteolol therapy improved mean HR (p<0.01). maximum HR (p<0.0001), maximum R-R interval (p<0.05) and pauseevent (p<0.05) (Table 1, Fig. 2, 3). Minimum HR increased slightly, but it was not significant. Comparedwith conventional digoxin treatment, low-dose carteolol therapy improved minimum HR (p<0.01), maximum HR (p<0.0005), maximum R-R interval (p<0.05)and pause event (p<0.05) (Table 2, Fig 3, 4). Althoughthere was no significant difference of mean HR betweenthese two treatments, low-dose carteolol therapyreduced tachycardia and improved nocturnal bradycardia compared with controls and conventional digoxintreatment.

 An irregular sequence of R-R intervals producesadverse hemodynamic consequences. One of the important purposes of heart rate control is reduction of excessamount of short R-R intervals. Since it was difficult toevaluate short R-R interval frequency by conventionalparameters, we created an original parameter, “Short R-R index”.

 (Number of heart beats less than 0.5-sec.)/(Totalheart beats) (%). Using this parameter, we found thatlow-dose carteolol therapy is highly effective in patientswith many short R-R beats (Fig. 2). Furthermore, low-dose carteolol was better than digoxin in reducing theshort R-R beat number (Fig 4).

 We concluded that low-dose carteolol therapy is moreeffective than conventional digoxin treatment on theheart rate control of patients with chronic atrial fibrillation.


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