Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 1989 Nov-Dec; (6): 7-9.

[The effect of electroacupuncture and acupuncture on ischemic and reperfusion cardiac arrhythmias]

RadzievskiÄ SA, Vorontsova EIa.

It was established that a course of transauricular electroacupuncture decreased fivefold the total duration of severe ventricular arrhythmias in acute ischemia and twofold in subsequent reperfusion of the rat heart. A course of auricular acupuncture without electrostimulation did not prevent the development of the arrhythmias in acute ischemia but reduced in 2.5 times the severity of reperfusion arrhythmias. The revealed differences may be associated with preferential involvement in auricular stimulation of different mechanisms of activating stress-limiting systems.