New and emerging antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation: what may become available to the clinician in the near future. Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med. 2009;11(5):373-380.Kumar et al., New and Emerging Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation: What May Become Available to the ...
Conversion of AF to sinus rhythm (SR) is possible using antiarrhythmic drugs. Amiodarone has a conversion rate in AF of up to 80%. A new drug for AF conversion is vernakalant. Acute therapy of atrial flutter (Aflut) in intensive care pts depends on the clinical presentation. It can most...
Antiarrhythmic drugs work against arrhythmias, which are abnormal heart rhythms. These medications are effective in treating fast arrhythmias, such asatrial fibrillation,atrial flutter,ventricular tachycardia(VT), and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT). Some of the medications in this class include the foll...
A randomized, double-blind, and placebo-controlled multicenter trial with 1000 patients to be recruited was designed to compare the effects of two antiarrhythmic drugs frequently used in Germany for the treatment of atrial fibrillation, Sotalol and the fixed combination of chinidin and verapamil (...
The principal goal of antiarrhythmic therapy in the management of atrial fibrillation (AF) is to prolong the effective refractory period (ERP), which makes rapid activation of the atria impossible. Currently available antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) prolong ERP by (1) prolonging the atrial action potent...
Radiofrequency ablation of atrial flutter due to administration of class IC antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation In selected patients, atrial fibrillation (AF) converts to atrial flutter (AFl) due to treatment with class IC antiarrhythmic drugs. In this study, we pros... B Schumacher,W ...
tocainide,Tonocard- antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us...
Patients were excluded if they had a prior left atrial catheter ablation for AF or had failed 2 or more antiarrhythmic drugs. Full eligibility criteria are listed in eTable 1 in Supplement 3. Eligible patients were randomized in equal proportions to either catheter ablation or drug therapy using...
The use of digoxin for certain kinds of arrhythmias is discussed in Chapter 20. Quinidine Although rarely used today, Quinidine is a useful drug to discuss as an example of class IA antiarrhythmic drugs. Historically, quinidine has been effective in the treatment of some atrial and (to a ...
digoxin (cardiac glycoside) atropine (muscarinic receptor antagonist) Which drugs are used to treat the following arrhythmias? click Here Sinus tachycardia Atrial fibrillation/flutter Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia AV block Ventricular tachycardia Premature ventricular complexes Digitalis toxicity ...