Bidirectional ventricular tachycardia (BVT) is a rare ventricular tachyarrhythmia. It is usually regular, demonstrating a beat-to-beat alternation in the QRS frontal axis that varies between -20° to -30° and +110°. The tachycardia rate is typically between 140 and 180 beats/min and the QRS is
Background: As a degenerative joint disease with severe cartilage destruction and pain, osteoarthritis (OA) has no satisfactory therapy to date. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Aconitum carmichaeli Debeaux derived
The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that a subendocardial arrhythmogenic focus makes the heart more susceptible to VF due to electrical interaction with the Purkinje network. Monofocal ventricular tachycardia (mVT) was created by injecting 5-microg aconitine into the left ventricular
The transcatheter creation of linear endocardial lesions in the atria has been attempted to restore sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, due to fluoroscopic limitations, there are a number of technical difficulties involved with using this procedure, which include
Seizures are associated with altered autonomic activity, which has been implicated in the development of cardiac dysfunction and structural damage. This study aimed to investigate the involvement of the autonomic nervous system in seizure-induced cardiomyopathy. Male Sprague-Dawley rats (320-350 g)
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effect of the combination of Wenxia Changfu Formula ([see text], WCF) with cisplatin (CDDP) on inhibiting non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in vitro and In Vivo and explore its mechanism from its effect on cell cycle.
METHODS
In vitro, WCF-containing serum was prepared and
Many herbs of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) possess not only therapeutic efficacy, but also toxicity towards normal tissues. The herbal toxicities occasionally cause serious adverse events or even fatal poisoning due to the erroneous use of TCM herbs. Fuzi (lateral root of Aconitum
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