title: Hypothesis of transition in two ways from atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm.
abstract: A hypothesis of transition from atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in close relation with monophasic action potential duration is proposed. The first way: the prolongation of the right atrial refractoriness reduces the wave fronts below a critical number and their collision terminates the arrhythmia. The second way: progressive shortening of refractoriness at a critical level with block and collision of wave fronts.
authors.affiliation: Third Medical Clinic, Institute of Medicine, Tirgu-Mureş, Romania.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cotoi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caraşca
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dobreanu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ciomoş
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004077:Digoxin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D004077:Digoxin