This study was conducted on 384 clinically healthy sheep and goats from farms around Tehran suburb. The animals were divided into two equal groups (according to species) and then assigned into three age groups, two gender groups and female animals into two groups: late pregnant and non-pregnant. Heart sounds were auscultated by two cardiologists and heart rate and probable murmurs were recorded...

The most common form of cardiac arrhythmia in children is sinus tachycardia which can be caused by fever. Bradycardia can occur in children due to a depressed sinus node as is seen in hypoxemia, acidosis, or structural heart disease. A complete heart block is another possible cause of a slow heart rate in children. Patients can present with palpitations, presyncope, syncope, dizziness and confu...

Background. The development of a microcomputer-based device permits quick, simple, and noninvasive quantification of the respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) during quiet breathing. Methods and Results. We prospectively and serially measured the radionuclide left ventricular ejection fraction and the RSA amplitude in 34 cancer patients receiving up to nine monthly bolus treatments with doxorubici...

The bronchial hyperreactivity characteristic of asthma may be related to enhanced parasympathetic nervous activity. We postulated that an abnormality in the autonomic control of airway caliber might be reflected by a parallel change in the reflex control of heart rate. We examined the heart-rate variations induced by deep breathing (respiratory sinus arrhythmia), the Valsalva maneuver, and stan...

We tested if microcomputer-based measurements of heart rate variability and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) could be used as the basis of an objective sedation score. Measurements were obtained in eight ICU patients before, during and after physiotherapy. Patients were sedated with propofol and alfentanil and paralysed with atracurium. Mean ECG R-R interval showed little variation, changing ...

Six male patients with narcolepsy for several years, were studied without and with amphetamine in order to evaluate possible abnormalities in autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. Studies were made of (1) heart rate and blood flow in the resting forearm during contralateral isometric handgrip, (2) respiratory sinus arrhythmia and (3) heart rate response to the Valsalva manoeuvre. The ...

Background & Aims: This study was carried out to assess the effect of opium addiction on the incidence of different types of arrhythmias after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods: The study population consisted of 200 patients with first AMI admitted within 6 hours of the onset of chest pain to the coronary care units (CCU) of two hospitals affiliated to Kerman University of Medical Scie...

An atrial aneurysm gave rise to incessant atrial tachycardia in a 21 year old Seychellian soldier. This arrhythmia was suppressed by intravenous adenosine triphosphate and ajmaline. Resection of the aneurysm abolished the arrhythmia and re-established sinus rhythm.

Ictal tachycardia and bradycardia are common arrhythmias; however, ictal sinus pause and asystole are rare. Ictal arrhythmia is mostly reported in adults with temporal lobe epilepsy. Recently, ictal arrhythmia was recognized as a major warning sign of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy. We present an interesting case of a child with ictal sinus pause and asystole. A 27-month-old girl was hospi...