[Clinical observation on wrist-ankle acupuncture for treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect and prognosis of wrist-ankle acupuncture for treatment of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.


METHODS
Ninety-five cases of paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia were randomly divided into a wrist-ankle acupuncture group (n = 55) and a control group (n = 40). The treatment group were treated with acupuncture at the points, Wanshang No. 1 and 2, and the control group with oral administration of diltiazem. After being treated for 3 courses, their therapeutic effects were evaluated.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 81.8% in the treatment group and 54.0% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0. 05); the long-term therapeutic effect in the treatment group was better than that in the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
Wrist-Ankle acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
Wu
Ren-Ding
RD
Department of TCM, Yongchun Hospital of Quanzhou City, Fujian 362600, China. qylicb@sina.com
Lin
Ling-Feng
LF
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000842:Ankle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000628:therapy*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D014953:Wrist