A Shorter R-R Interval Causes a Larger Endocardial R Wave Amplitude in Cases with Atrial Fibrillation |
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Authors: | MASAYOSHI YOKOYAMA SUMIO NITTA |
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Affiliation: | Department of Thoracic Surgery, Toyko Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan |
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Abstract: | Endocardial electrograms were recorded with a Medtronic programmer (model 9742A) in 15 patients with implanted pacemakers required for bradycardia and atrial fibrillation. Telemetered unipolar ventricular endocardial electrograms were recorded for 2 minutes, and the R wave amplitudes of the shortest R-R intervals were compared to that of the longest R-R intervals. Eleven of the 15 cases showed R wave amplitudes of the shortest R-R intervals an average of 2.1 mV larger than the R wave amplitudes of the longest R-R intervals. Three cases showed no difference, and one the opposite condition. In all four, the average recorded R-R interval exceeded 670 ms. The shortest R-R interval among the 11 cases with a larger R wave amplitude was 545 ± 100 ms. The endocardial R wave amplitude of the shortest R-R intervals were larger than the R wave amplitudes of the longests R-R intervals. Shorter intervals were followed by larger endocardial R wave amplitudes (P < 0.005 with the Wilcoxon's rank sum test). |
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Keywords: | R wave interval coupling interval inhibited function atrial fibrillation endocardial electrogram |
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