Efficacy of Additional Amiodarone Therapy in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

Efficacy of Additional Amiodarone Therapy in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

Introduction: We examined whether the additional use of amiodarone (AMD) under implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy may have beneficial effects in patients at risk for lethal ventricular arrhythmias with structural heart diseases. Methods: Sixty patients (47 males, mean age, 62 ± 13...

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Main Authors: Naomichi Matsumoto, MD, Koichiro Kumagai, MD, Masahiro Ogawa, MD, Kunihiro Matsuo, MD, Tomoo Yasuda, MD, Hideo Takashima, MD, Chiharu Mitsutake, MD, Soichi Muraoka, MD, Akira Matsunaga, MD, Shin-ichiro Miura, MD, Keijiro Saku, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
Subjects:
Amiodarone
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular fibrillation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1880427610800146

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