Effects of dronedarone and amiodarone on atrial fibrillatory rate in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2354-2356

  John, Silke ^a   Salmas, Jozef ^a   Kornej, Jelena ^a   Löbe, Susanne ^a   Stridh, Martin ^b   Sörnmo, Leif ^b   Hindricks, Gerhard ^a   Husser, Daniela ^a   Bollmann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG HEART CENTER   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Atrial fibrillation; ECG monitoring; In vivo electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DRONEDARONE;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; LOADING DRUG DOSE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC DRUGS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECG MONITORING; IN-VIVO ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84883294594     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.11.042     Document Type: Article

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