Conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter with amiodarone after ibutilide has failed: A rapid, efficient, and safe algorithm

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 382-386

  Dilaveris, Polychronis ^a,b   Synetos, Andreas ^a   Giannopoulos, George ^a   Gialafos, Elias ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Ibutilide; Recent onset

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; IBUTILIDE;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; AMIODARONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844433992     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00646.x     Document Type: Article

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