Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition
Electrical cardioversion or intravenous ibutilide are currently recommended as the acute treatment for pre-excited atrial fibrillation. Recent guidelines for this circumstance forbid intravenous amiodarone despite its effectiveness in blocking the accessory pathway and atrioventricular node due to...
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| author | Babak Payami Afshin Zarrin Mofid Hosseinzadeh Habib Haybar Sepideh Khodamoradi |
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Electrical cardioversion or intravenous ibutilide are currently recommended as the acute treatment for pre-excited atrial fibrillation. Recent guidelines for this circumstance forbid intravenous amiodarone despite its effectiveness in blocking the accessory pathway and atrioventricular node due to the possibility of ventricular fibrillation. But as our presented case, some physicians continued to favor intravenous amiodarone successfully in a suitable setting.
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d75864e5c80401f894ddb3601b923812023-05-03T06:25:52ZengShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciencesطب اورژانس ایران2383-36452023-05-0110110.22037/ijem.v10i1.40732Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition Babak Payami0Afshin ZarrinMofid HosseinzadehHabib Haybar Sepideh KhodamoradiAhvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences Electrical cardioversion or intravenous ibutilide are currently recommended as the acute treatment for pre-excited atrial fibrillation. Recent guidelines for this circumstance forbid intravenous amiodarone despite its effectiveness in blocking the accessory pathway and atrioventricular node due to the possibility of ventricular fibrillation. But as our presented case, some physicians continued to favor intravenous amiodarone successfully in a suitable setting. https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/iranjem/article/view/40732Atrial FibrillationWolf-Parkinson-White SyndromePre-excitationAmiodarone |
| spellingShingle | Babak Payami Afshin Zarrin Mofid Hosseinzadeh Habib Haybar Sepideh Khodamoradi Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition طب اورژانس ایران Atrial Fibrillation Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome Pre-excitation Amiodarone |
| title | Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition |
| title_full | Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition |
| title_fullStr | Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition |
| title_short | Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition |
| title_sort | amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition |
| topic | Atrial Fibrillation Wolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome Pre-excitation Amiodarone |
| url | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/iranjem/article/view/40732 |
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