Antiarrhythmics for maintaining sinus rhythm after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation.
CONCLUSIONS: Several class IA, IC and III drugs, as well as class II drugs (beta-blockers), are moderately effective in maintaining sinus rhythm after conversion of atrial fibrillation. However, they increase adverse events, including pro-arrhythmia, and some of them (disopyramide, quinidine and sotalol) may increase mortality. Possible benefits on clinically relevant outcomes (stroke, embolism, heart failure) remain to be established.
PMID: 25820938 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lafuente-Lafuente C, Valembois L, Bergmann JF, Belmin J Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research
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