TY - JOUR
AR - JICOA-2020-6-103
TI - Possibilities of the Akabane Test and ТСМ Principles for Monitoring Patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome
AU - Valery, Muzhikov
AU - Ruslan , Muzhikov
JO - Journal of Integrative Cardiology Open Access
PY - 2020
DA - Mon 07, Dec 2020
SN - 2674-2489
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JICOA.2020.06.03
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/possibilities-of-the-akabane-test-and-tcm-principles-for-monitoring_JICOA-2020-6-103 
KW -  Akabane test, monitoring of arrhythmias, tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome, heart rhythm abnormality, cosinor analysis
AB - Background: Sick sinus syndrome (SSS), in terms of diagnosis and treatment, is one of the most difficult
problems associated with irregular heart rhythm. Until now, there is no unified generally accepted theory
explaining its pathogenesis, there are no unambiguous criteria for making a diagnosis. In this regard, it is
interesting to consider this disease from the point of view of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) based on
the results of assessing the bioenergetics of such patients using the Akabane test.
Methods/Design: On the basis of the cardiac surgery department of a multidisciplinary hospital, 107
patients with a verified diagnosis of SSS and receiving only medication were examined. Of these, there were
64 men and 43 women. In total, 245 tests of Akabane were carried out, including in the dynamics of
observation.
Results: according to this test, with tachy and brady syndrome, as well as with normosystole, these patients
showed general patterns at the level of acupuncture canals (AC), which consisted in an increase in
asymmetry at the level of their left and right branches, while in the norm of this asymmetry was not. In
addition, the opposite dominance of the left and right branches of the AC was revealed in tachy and brady
syndrome. The analysis of these dependencies from the point of view of TCM is carried out. The possibility
of predicting the time and nature of arrhythmias based on the assessment of biorhythms of certain AC is
shown.
Conclusion: Alternative concepts of the pathogenesis of this disease are shown. The use of the Akabane
test for patients with SSS allows them to be effectively monitored based on new physical principles, which
is much easier and more convenient compared to traditional methods.