Randomized, crossover, controlled comparison of oral loading versus intravenous infusion of Propafenone in recent-onset Atrial Fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2480-2484

  Botto, Giovanni Luca ^a   Bonini, Walter ^a   Broffoni, Tiziana ^a   Espureo, Massimo ^a   Cappelletti, Giorgio ^a   Lombardi, Rossana ^a   Molteni, Santo ^a   Pedraglio, Elena ^a   Ferrari, Giovanni ^a  

^a SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Propafenone; Recent onset atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPAFENONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031785094     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01205.x     Document Type: Review

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