| 摘 要： | In the long term effects of simvastatin on protectingagainst atrial fibrillation in patients with acute myocardialinfarction, in this issue of the Journal of GeriatricCardiology, Chi et al. presented interesting data regard-ing the positive beneficial effects of simvastatin in the re-duction of the frequency of atrial fibrillation in a selectedgroup of patients. There have been occasional reports sug-gestive of mild antiarrhythmic properties of simvastatin,but these were more observational in nature. What isthought provoking about this report is that the group re-ceiving simvastatin actually received less beta blockertherapy than the control group. It remains unclear as tohow simvastatin actually reduces dispersion of tissuerefractoriness, the basis of most arrhythmias. It also re-
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