Usefulness of dronedarone in patients with atrial arrhythmias

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1311-1314

  Löbe, Susanne ^a   Salmáš, Jozef ^a   John, Silke ^a   Kornej, Jelena ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRONEDARONE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BRADYCARDIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; NON ISTHMUS DEPENDENT ATRIAL FLUTTER; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT PROLONGATION; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SINUS RHYTHM; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FLUTTER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876710684     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.12.057     Document Type: Article

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