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SUBMITTER: Simon A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5400093 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Simon Alexander A Niederdoeckl Jan J Skyllouriotis Ekaterini E Schuetz Nikola N Herkner Harald H Weiser Christoph C Laggner Anton N AN Domanovits Hans H Spiel Alexander O AO
Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 20170201 2
<h4>Aims</h4>Ibutilide is a rapid-acting antiarrhythmic drug with worldwide use for conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation. Vernakalant, approved in the EU in 2010, is likewise used intravenously, with proven efficacy and safety compared with placebo and amiodarone in randomized clinical trials. The aim of our study was to compare the time to conversion and the conversion rate within 90 min in patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation treated with vernakalant or ibutilide.<h4>Method ...[more]