avnrt, (atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia), atrial tachycardia and atrial flutter are 3 kinds of supraventricular tachycardia, which their mechanism are explained based on reentry. a 60-years-old man is presented with all of the above-mentioned arrhythmias, responsive to intravenous injection of adenosine. radiofrequency ablation of the slow pathway territories cured all of them. there...

Objective: Inflammation along with oxidative stress has an important role in the pathophysiology of unstable angina which leads to acute myocardial infarction, arrhythmias and eventually heart failure. Curcumin has anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects and thereby, it may reduce cardiovascular complications. This randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effects of curcumin on t...

introduction:  treatment of rapid ventricular response arterial fibrillation (rapid af) varies depending on the decision of the in-charge physician, condition of the patient, availability of the drug, and the treatment protocol of the hospital. the present study was designed aiming to compare iv digoxin and amiodarone in controlling the heart rate of patients presenting to emergency department ...

background and objective : sleep deprivation (sd) is caused by a host of reasons and has numerous consequences on cardiac system. in this study, we aimed to assess the preconditioning effects of acute sd on ischemia (is)-induced ventricular arrhythmias in isolated rat hearts. materials and methods : male wistar rats randomly were placed into the four groups: is-group, acute sd group, control gr...