Acute management of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in the critical care unit: should it be ibutilide? Clin Cardiol 2000;23:265-8.Varriale P,Sedighi A.Acute management of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in the critical care unit: should it be ibutilide. Clinical Cardiology . ...
Background: Ibutilide is currently indicated for the rapid conversion of atrial fibrillation (Afb) or atrial flutter (Afl) of recent onset but limited to patients who are hemodynamically stable and without symptomatic cardiovascular conditions. Hypothesis: The study was undertaken to assess the effic...
Drug therapy with class IA and IC antiarrhythmic agents has proven relatively disappointing for the termination of atrial flutter. Unike all other agents, ibutilide, a new pure class III agent, is more effective in patients with atrial flutter than in patients with atrial fibrillation....
A history of atrial fibrillation and right atrial size are both determinants of procedural and long-term outcome after RF catheter ablation of type 1 atrial flutter. The results of this study suggest that patients with no history of atrial fibrillation and a normal right atrial size have the bes...
Transesophageal echocardiography -guided anti-coagulation management of patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing cardioversion has evolved over the course of the past decade as an alternative to the conventional anticoagulation strategy. Its role expanded out of a need for a more predictable, dependable...
Purpose: To evaluate the difference in blood pressure effects of diltiazem intravenous push (IVP) and metoprolol IVP in the acute management of atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate (AF with RVR). Methods: This was a single-center, retrospective cohort study evaluating patients who presente...
Amiodarone infusion in the treatment of acute atrial fibrillation or flutter: high versus low dose treatment. Tuseth V,Jaatun HJ,Dickstein K.Amiodarone infusion in the treatment of a-cute atrial fibrillation or flutter:high versus low dose treatment.Heart. 2005... V Tuseth,HJ Jaatun,K Dicks...
Atrial Fibrillation:MechanismsandManagement.2ndEd,Lippincott-RavenPress,New York1997,pp.1-22. Symptoms •Inappropriateheartrateresponse •Irregularrate •Lossofatrialsystolicfunction •Thromboembolism ChoicesforImmediateTreatment •AnticoagulationandRateControl •Or •ConversiontoNSR NSR-PillsOrElectrical...
comparison of atrial fibrillation in the young versus that in the elderly a review estimation of the cost-effectiveness of apixaban versus vitamin k antagonists in the management of atrial fibrillation in argentina Videoassisted minimally invasive surgery versus catheter ablation in the treatment of persi...
Adjustment for other in-hospital complications before the onset of AF further reduced the OR to 1.49 (95% CI, 1.17-1.89).ConclusionsAtrial fibrillation or flutter occurs secondary to other postinfarction complications but independently portends a worse prognosis. Prevention and management may improve ...