Facilitating Transthoracic Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation with Ibutilide Pretreatment
- 17 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 340 (24) , 1849-1854
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199906173402401
Abstract
Atrial fibrillation cannot always be converted to sinus rhythm by transthoracic electrical cardioversion. We examined the effect of ibutilide, a class III antiarrhythmic agent, on the energy requirement for atrial defibrillation and assessed the value of this agent in facilitating cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation that is resistant to conventional transthoracic cardioversion.Keywords
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