Table 1.
The effect of various concentrations of caffeine inducibility of AF
| Experiment | Control WOV
|
CAF, 2-4 μg/mL
|
CAF, 5-7 μg/mL
|
CAF, 8-10 μg/mL
|
CAF, 11-20 μg/mL
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No STM | STM-GP | No STM | STM-GP | No STM | STM-GP | No STM | STM-GP | No STM | STM-GP | |
| 1 | 52 | 198 | 3 | 10 | 202 | 226 | 54 | 88 | 48 | 18 |
| 2 | 245 | 330 | 63 | 115 | 29 | 128 | 120 | 108 | 165 | 167 |
| 3 | 70 | 136 | 140 | 320 | 46 | 178 | 5 | 116 | 256 | 200 |
| 4 | 220 | 310 | 165 | 150 | 5 | 125 | 78 | 112 | 20 | 75 |
| 5 | 210 | 350 | 230 | 298 | 88 | 260 | 70 | 165 | ||
| 6 | 215 | 351 | 234 | 296 | 148 | 160 | 160 | 164 | ||
| 7 | 125 | 223 | 148 | 160 | 74 | 165 | 10 | |||
| 8 | 20 | 105 | 18 | 90 | ||||||
| 9 | 18 | 45 | ||||||||
| 10 | 15 | 45 | ||||||||
| AV ± SD | 162 ± 79 | 271 ± 85 | 104 ± 91 | 154 ± 114 | 76 ± 68 | 167 ± 55 | 71 ± 56 | 126 ± 32 | 122 ± 109 | 115 ± 84 |
| P | <.05 | .02 | .02 | .05 | .8 | |||||
| P | .2 | .03 | .04 | .02 | .03 | .003 | .5 | .02 | ||
CAF indicates caffeine; no STM, no stimulation; STM-GP, stimulation of ganglionic plexus; AV, average.