antiarrhythmic therapy

Cardiology The use of therapeutic agents to counteract potentially life-threatening and refractory ventricular arrhythmias, and ↓ mortality; the Vaughn Williams/Harrison classification divides antiarrhythmic agents into 5 groups. Cf Proarrhythmic effect.

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Patients with diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular accident, heart failure, bundle branch block, systemic arterial hypertension and ongoing antiarrhythmic therapy were excluded from the study.

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Other patients were divided into three groups: patients with some kind of antiarrhythmic therapy before and continued after the surgery; patients with diltiazem prophylaxis; and patients without any antiarrhythmic prophylaxis.

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Oral antiarrhythmic therapy may be required, because attempts to wean patients from isoproterenol can result in recurrent VF.

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Findings could lead to new efforts to better man-age AF by gender, including antiarrhythmic therapy and radiofrequency ablation, researchers write.

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Indeed, the future of antiarrhythmic therapy lies in neuromodulation of the autonomic nervous system, and it's a lot closer than most cardiologists realize, according to the electrophysiologist.

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Thus, it will definitely expand our understanding of antiarrhythmic therapy from the pharmacological stand point of view.

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A total of 2202 patients with established coronary artery atherosclerotic disease, LVEF of 40% or less, and asymptomatic NSVT, were assigned to either no therapy or electrophysiologic study (EPS)-guided antiarrhythmic therapy with drugs and/or ICD.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: 14 years after MADIT

6% of RealiseAF patients on amiodarone as firstline antiarrhythmic therapy, one-half did not qualify according to the 2006 joint American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/European Society of Cardiology AF guidelines.

Registry reveals limits of current AF therapies

Chronic antiarrhythmic therapy is not necessary, however; atrial flutter associated with postoperative procedure may be resistance to electrical cardioversion or persistent, requiring the use of antiarrhythmic medications (1, 5).

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Choosing the right drug Without chronic antiarrhythmic therapy, only about 30% of patients with AF will remain in normal sinus rhythm after a year.

Atrial fibrillation: ways to refine your care: what's best for your patient: rate or rhythm control? Aspirin or warfarin? These guidelines and tools can help you decide