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...
Main Authors: | Babak Payami, Afshin Zarrin, Mofid Hosseinzadeh, Habib Haybar, Sepideh Khodamoradi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
2023-05-01
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Series: | طب اورژانس ایران |
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Online Access: | https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/iranjem/article/view/40732 |
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