Table 3.
Treatment and electrocardiographic characteristics of the study population
Electrocardiographic Characteristics | Converted drugs | ||
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total adenosine n (%) | total diltiazem n (%) | p | |
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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) | |
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6 mg adenosine n (%) | 0.25 mg/kg diltiazem n (%) | P | |
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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) | |
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12 mg adenosine n (%) | 0.35 mg/kg diltiazem n (%) | p | |
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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) |