Sick sinus syndrome cured by ... vitamin D?
I have presented the case of a 77-year-old woman with SSS who was treated unsuccessfully with antiarrhythmic drugs for 5 years. During the fifth year, she developed chronic atrial fibrillation. Two years later she started to take vitamin D for unrelated reasons, and first regained regular sinus rhythm and later stopped having episodes of atrial fibrillation. The patient has been now asymptomatic for over 2 years.
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State Veterans Hospital, Rocky Hills, CT.
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012804:Sick Sinus Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014807:Vitamin D