Absence of cardioversion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with therapeutic digoxin levels.

Abstract:

:To determine the incidence of cardioversion-induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with therapeutic serum levels of digoxin, 19 patients (average age [+/- standard deviation] 61 +/- 12 years) undergoing elective direct current cardioversion for atrial fibrillation were studied. Only patients with therapeutic serum digoxin levels (range 0.5 to 1.9 ng/ml; mean 1.1 +/- 0.5) at the time of cardioversion were included. Patients with acute myocardial ischemia or unstable angina, serious electrolyte disturbance or those requiring class I antiarrhythmic agents for control of ventricular or supraventricular arrhythmias were excluded. Ambulatory electrocardiograms were recorded for 24 hours before and 6 hours after cardioversion. No patient developed malignant ventricular arrhythmias (ventricular triplets or tachycardia) in the immediate 3 hour period after cardioversion. Furthermore, there were no significant (p less than 0.05) differences in the frequency of ventricular premature beats or couplets before and after cardioversion. To determine whether the level of serum digoxin or the strength of the applied shock had a significant effect on the development of postcardioversion arrhythmias, the change in frequency of single premature ventricular beats after cardioversion was compared with the serum digoxin level (ng/ml) and the applied energy level (joules) by means of linear regression analysis. There was no significant (p less than 0.05) relation between these variables. These findings suggest that patients with therapeutic serum levels of digoxin may safely undergo cardioversion without the concomitant use of class I antiarrhythmic agents.

journal_name

J Am Coll Cardiol

authors

Mann DL,Maisel AS,Atwood JE,Engler RL,LeWinter MM

doi

10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80427-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1985-04-01 00:00:00

pages

882-90

issue

4

eissn

0735-1097

issn

1558-3597

pii

S0735-1097(85)80427-7

journal_volume

5

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