Efficacy and safety of celivarone, with amiodarone as calibrator, in patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for prevention of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator interventions or death: The ALPHEE study

Circulation

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2649-2660

  Kowey, Peter R ^a,b   Crijns, Harry J G M ^c   Aliot, Etienne M ^d   Capucci, Alessandro ^e   Kulakowski, Piotr ^f   Radzik, David ^g   Roy, Denis ^h   Connolly, Stuart J ⁱ   Hohnloser, Stefan H ^j   Singh, B M ^k   Seltzer, J ^k   Knight, B P ^k   Kadish, A H ^k   Smith, A ^k   Blaauw, J ^k   Van Opstal, J ^k   Vernooy, K ^k   Van Empel, V ^k   Smid Ter Bekke, R ^k   Guedon, L ^k   Kouakam, C ^k   Sadoul, N ^k   Blangy, H ^k   Freysz, L ^k   Mabo, P ^k   Leclercq, C ^k   Giniger, A ^k   Albina, G ^k   Sammartino, V ^k   Reyes, I ^k   Manzolillo, H ^k   Pantich, R ^k   Ruveda, S M ^k   Pozzer, D L ^k   Aguinaga, L ^k   Paterlini, G ^k   Edouardo, H ^k   Veronica, L ^k   Hill, J ^k   Yeshwant, S ^k   Butterly, S ^k   Indrajith, M ^k   Cox, S ^k   Perel, R ^k   Finn, H ^k   Heddle, W ^k   Burdeniuk, C ^k   Singleton, C ^k   McGavigan, A ^k   Benjamin, P ^k   Robert, M ^k   Judd, J ^k   Martin, P ^k   Ange, N ^k   Chao, C Y ^k   Preston, S ^k   Camuglia, A ^k   Starmer, G ^k   Hillier, 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  Kennett, J ^k   Klein, D ^k   Lucas, J ^k   Lutz, K ^k   Ravipudi, S ^k   Spaedy, T ^k   Tran, T ^k   Woods, W ^k   Jackson, B ^k   Kim, G ^k   more..

^a LANKENAU HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^e Ospedale Civile   (Italy)

^f GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^g SANOFI   (France)

^h MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

ⁱ University Hamilton   (Canada)

^j GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k NONE

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Author keywords

celivarone; implanted cardioverter defibrillators; sudden death; ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CELIVARONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FALLING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMPLANT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOPHARYNGITIS; SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; SINUSITIS; STEADY STATE; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 83455205977     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.072561     Document Type: Article

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