The beta-blocking action of 100 mg per diem Atenol was evaluated in 8 patients with conditions requiring treatment with a beta-blocking drugs (ischaemic cardiopathy, arterial hypertension, hypertrophic myocardiopathy). Ergometer bicycle exertion tests were used to evaluate the extent of Atenol's beta-blocking action (in basal condition, 3 and 24 hours after administration of the drug) as well as Holter type dynamic ECG recordings (basal and under treatment). The drug significantly reduced cardiac frequency and arterial pressure both at rest and under exertion. It also significantly reduced average hourly and daily cardiac frequency as shown by dynamic ECG. No side effects of the drug were observed.

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[Emergency transfer of cardiac patients. The extent of the problem in the first 5 years of activity of the Imperia Hospital's Cardiology Department].

An account is offered of urgent transfers of patients carried out by the Imperia Hospital's cardiology section in a period of 5 yr. Frequency (1.5% of admitted patients), destination (63% to Genoa, the regional capital), modality (Red Cross ambulance in all but one case), and form of accompaniment (doctor or trained attendant in 81%) are described along with the reasons for the transfer. Of these, 73% were AV block with MAS. It is felt, if the section can be equipped in the future for the installation of permanent pacemakers, the number of such transfers could be cut down to a few cases per year.

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[Complications in the course of atrial stimulation via the esophagus].

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