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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">rpcardio</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Rational Pharmacotherapy in Cardiology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Рациональная Фармакотерапия в Кардиологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">1819-6446</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2225-3653</issn><publisher><publisher-name>«SILICEA-POLIGRAF» LLC</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20996/1819-6446-2007-3-5-40-43</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">rpcardio-545</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ORIGINAL STUDIES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОРИГИНАЛЬНЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EFFECT OF SPIRAPRIL ON THE LENGTH OF INTERICTAL INTERVAL IN PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL FIBRILLATION</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>ВЛИЯНИЕ СПИРАПРИЛА НА ДЛИТЕЛЬНОСТЬ МЕЖПРИСТУПНОГО ИНТЕРВАЛА ПРИ ПАРОКСИЗМАЛЬНОЙ МЕРЦАТЕЛЬНОЙ АРИТМИИ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Чихирева</surname><given-names>Л. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Chikhireva</surname><given-names>L. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Малахов</surname><given-names>В. И.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Malahov</surname><given-names>V. I.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Быкова</surname><given-names>Е. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bykova</surname><given-names>E. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Соколов</surname><given-names>С. Ф.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Sokolov</surname><given-names>S. F.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Российский кардиологический научно-производственный комплекс Росмедтехнологий, Институт клинической кардиологии им. А.Л. Мясникова, Москва<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">Russian Cardiological Research Complex of Rosmedtechnology, Institute of Clinical Cardiology named after A.L. Myasnikov, Moscow<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2007</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>03</day><month>01</month><year>2016</year></pub-date><volume>3</volume><issue>5</issue><fpage>45</fpage><lpage>53</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Chikhireva L.N., Malahov V.I., Bykova E.S., Sokolov S.F., 2015</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2015</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Чихирева Л.Н., Малахов В.И., Быкова Е.С., Соколов С.Ф.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Chikhireva L.N., Malahov V.I., Bykova E.S., Sokolov S.F.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/545">https://www.rpcardio.online/jour/article/view/545</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Aim</title><p>Aim. To evaluate effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor spirapril on efficacy of preventive antiarrhythmic therapy in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF).</p></sec><sec><title>Material and methods</title><p>Material and methods. 40 patients with paroxysmal AF were involved in open-label, cross-over study with periods of antiarrhythmic drug withdrawal. During 3 months all patients received by turns two types of therapy: combination of preventive antiarrhythmic therapy with spirapril 6 mg once daily - (CT group) or preventive antiarrhythmic therapy only (AT group).</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>Results. AF-free intervals to the first and the second AF paroxysms during antiarrhythmic drug withdrawal were comparable ) in AT and CT groups (p=0,4 and p=0,6, respectively, logrank test).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. Spirapril added to the basic preventive antiarrhythmic therapy during 3 months had no effect on the length of interictal period in paroxysmal AF.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><sec><title>Цель</title><p>Цель. Оценить влияние ингибитора ангиотензинпревращающего фермента спираприла на эффективность профилактической антиаритмической терапии больных с пароксизмальной мерцательной аритмией (МА).</p></sec><sec><title>Материал и методы</title><p>Материал и методы. В открытое перекрестное исследование двух методов лечения с периодами полной отмены профилактической антиаритмической терапии было включено 40 пациентов с пароксизмальной МА. В течение 3 мес каждый больной получал комбинированную терапию (КТ) – профилактическую антиаритмическую терапию (ААТ) и спираприл в дозе 6 мг/сут (группа КТ) и только профилактическую ААТ (группа ААТ).</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты</title><p>Результаты. Периоды до первого и второго пароксизма МА после отмены ААТ были сопоставимы в группах ААТ и КТ (p=0,4 и p=0,6 соответственно, критерий logrank).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. Использование спираприла в качестве вспомогательного средства при лечении больных с пароксизмальной МА в течение 3 мес не влияет на длительность межприступного интервала.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>пароксизмальная мерцательная аритмия</kwd><kwd>ингибиторы ангиотензин-превращающего фермента</kwd><kwd>спираприл</kwd><kwd>антиаритмическая терапия</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>paroxysmal atrial fibrillation</kwd><kwd>angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors</kwd><kwd>spirapril</kwd><kwd>antiarrhythmic therapy</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2001 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation): Developed in Collaboration With the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. 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