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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Feb 27.
Published in final edited form as: J Electrocardiol. 2006 Aug 21;39(4):421–425. doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2005.12.007

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
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.