title: Atrial fibrillation cardioversion following acupuncture.
abstract: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia and it is an independent risk for serious events. Acupuncture has been growing in popularity in the West, and there are reports of its benefits in treating AF. We report a 57-year-old man who was admitted after having an allergic reaction to amiodarone administered to treat paroxysmal AF with fast ventricular response. Cardioversion with intravenous propafenone was uneventful. Before an attempt of electric cardioversion, he was treated with acupuncture as additional therapy to peroral propafenone. After acupuncture treatment consisting of 10 treatments during 30 days period, both immediate cardioversion to sinus rhythm and no paroxysmal AF during 30 days period were recorded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, County Hospital Čakovec, Čakovec, Croatia. E-mail. dario.dilber@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dilber
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Čerkez-Habek
authors.forename: Hrvoje
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barić
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gradišer
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*; D004554:Electric Countershock; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged