• The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.784-790
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• 2006

Most of the atrial flutter occurs in patients who have an organic disease of the heart. The symptoms of atrial flutter include anxiety with palpitation. sleep disorder and fatigue. For a long time, oriental medicine has clinically treated these symptoms, and the diagnosis has been usually based on the doctor's judgment on the subjective clinical symptoms. However, if oriental medicine includes new diagnostic aids like electrocardiogram or other various methods or combinations of techniques, the accuracy and objectivity of diagnosis and clinical data can be improved. In this case, a 65 year-old male patient who had anxiety with palpitation and abnormal P wave (atrial flutter) on the EKG was treated with Xiaofengbusindaotantang (疎風補心導痰湯) and Shengmaisan (生脈散). Significant improvement in the clinical symptoms and EKG results was observed. This result suggests that oriental medical treatment can be used for treatment of organic heart disease like an atrial flutter. In addition, subsequent studies should be followed to ensure the appropriateness of new diagnostic aids, such as EKG, and other various modalities.