Amiodarone therapy for atrial rhythm control: Insights gained from a single center experience

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 714-718

  Chandhok, Sheetal ^a   Schwartzman, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Arrhythmia; Atrial; Atrial fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; PREDNISOLONE; THIAMAZOLE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; COUGHING; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCIDENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; THYROIDECTOMY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250629532     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2007.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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