Dronedarone in high-risk permanent atrial fibrillation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 365, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2268-2276

  Connolly, Stuart J ^a   Camm, A John ^b   Halperin, Jonathan L ^c   Joyner, Campbell ^d   Alings, Marco ^e   Amerena, John ^f   Atar, Dan ^g   Avezum, Álvaro ^h   Blomström, Per ⁱ   Borggrefe, Martin ^j   Budaj, Andrzej ^k   Chen, Shih Ann ^l   Ching, Chi Keong ^m   Commerford, Patrick ⁿ   Dans, Antonio ^o   Davy, Jean Marc ^p   Delacrétaz, Etienne ^q   Di Pasquale, Giuseppe ^r   Diaz, Rafael ^s   Dorian, Paul ^t   Flaker, Greg ^u   Golitsyn, Sergey ^v   Gonzalez Hermosillo, Antonio ^w   Granger, Christopher B ^x   Heidbüchel, Hein ^y   Kautzner, Josef ^z   Kim, June Soo ^aa   Lanas, Fernando ^ab   Lewis, Basil S ^ac   Merino, Jose L ^ad   Morillo, Carlos ^a   Murin, Jan ^ae   Narasimhan, Calambur ^af   Paolasso, Ernesto ^ag   Parkhomenko, Alexander ^ah   Peters, Nicholas S ^ai   Sim, Kui Hian ^aj   Stiles, Martin K ^ak   Tanomsup, Supachai ^al   Toivonen, Lauri ^am   Tomcsányi, János ^an   Torp Pedersen, Christian ^ao   Tse, Hung Fat ^ap   Vardas, Panos ^aq   Vinereanu, Dragos ^ar   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^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f Kardinia House   (Australia)

^g OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^h Estudios Clínicos Latinoamérica   (Brazil)

ⁱ UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^k GROCHOWSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

^l TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^m DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^o PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

^p MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^r MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^s Estudios Clínicos Latino América and Instituto Cardiovascular de Rosario   (Argentina)

^t ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^v INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^w INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^x DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^z INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^aa Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^ab UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^ac CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^ad HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^ae UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^af CARE HOSPITAL   (India)

^ag Instituto de Inmunología Clínica y Experimental de Rosario   (Argentina)

^ah Ukranian Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology   (Ukraine)

^ai IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^aj SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^al MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^am HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^an St John of God Hospital ^*  (Hungary)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ap QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^aq UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^ar CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^as ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^at Zhongshan Hospital ^*

^au ZHONGSHAN HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^av SANOFI   (France)

^aw GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; DRONEDARONE; PLACEBO; AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; EMBOLISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SIDE EFFECT; STROKE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR DISEASE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART RATE; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIGOXIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84855163167     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1109867     Document Type: Article

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