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. 2015 Jun 15;8(6):9692–9699.

Table 3.

Treatment and electrocardiographic characteristics of the study population

Electrocardiographic Characteristics Converted drugs

total adenosine n (%) total diltiazem n (%) p

Visible P-wave 21 (46.7) 24 (53.3) 0.038
aVL notch 16 (41) 23 (59) 0.005
Pseudo-S-wave in leads II, III, and aVF 10 (71.4) 4 (28.6) 0.200
Pseudo-R’-wave in lead V1 12 (63.2) 7 (36.8) 0.475
AVNRT 13 (65) 7 (35) 0.168
Total 41 (56.2) 32 (43.8)

6 mg adenosine n (%) 0.25 mg/kg diltiazem n (%) P

Visible P-wave 14 (38.9) 22 (61.1) 0.006
aVL notch 15 (41.7) 21 (58.3) 0.024
Pseudo-S-wave in leads II, III, and aVF 9 (69.2) 4 (30.8) 0.215
Pseudo-R’-wave in lead V1 11 (61.1) 7 (38.9) 0.331
AVNRT 12 (63.2) 7 (36.8) 0.221
Total 34 (100) 29 (100)

12 mg adenosine n (%) 0.35 mg/kg diltiazem n (%) p

Visible P-wave 3 (60.0) 2 (40.0) 0.800
aVL notch 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7) 0.200
Pseudo-S-wave in leads II, III, and aVF 0 (0) 0 (0)
Pseudo-R’-wave in lead V1 0 (0) 0 (0)
AVNRT 0 (0) 0 (0)
Total 4 (100) 4 (100)