Oral loading with propafenone: A placebo-controlled study in elderly and nonelderly patients with recent onset atrial fibrillation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 II, 1998, Pages 2465-2469

  Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Biffi, Mauro ^a   Capucci, Alessandro ^a   Botto, Gian Luca ^b   Broffoni, Tiziana ^b   Rubino, Ida ^c   Della Casa, Stefano ^c   Sanguinetti, Mario ^c   Branzi, Angeld ^a   Magnani, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; Conversion; Holter monitoring

Indexed keywords

PROPAFENONE;

ADULT; AGED; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPAFENONE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0031785434     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01202.x     Document Type: Article

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