Dronedarone

Circulation

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 636-644

  Patel, Chinmay ^a   Yan, Gan Xin ^a,b,c   Kowey, Peter R ^a,b  

^a Main Line Health Heart Center   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillations; Dronedarone

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DRONEDARONE; METOPROLOL; MW 682; PLACEBO; SIMVASTATIN; SR 33589B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL;

BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIARRHEA; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE;

EID: 69649083516     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.858027     Document Type: Review

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