Conversion efficacy of intravenous ibutilide compared with intravenous amiodarone in patients with recent-onset atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter
| Autor: | Ourania Dagadaki, Kostas M. Kelesidis, George A. Mertzanos, Sotirios Patsilinakos, John I. Chaveles, Kostas I. Papageorgiou, Nikolaos Kafkas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Heart disease Ibutilide Amiodarone Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Drug Administration Schedule Statistics Nonparametric Electrocardiography Recurrence Internal medicine Atrial Fibrillation Humans Medicine Sinus rhythm Prospective Studies Infusions Intravenous Prospective cohort study Aged Probability Aged 80 and over Sulfonamides Dose-Response Relationship Drug medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Atrial fibrillation Middle Aged medicine.disease Treatment Outcome Atrial Flutter Anesthesia Acute Disease Cardiology Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Atrial flutter Follow-Up Studies medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 118:321-325 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.017 |
| Popis: | Aim The aim of our study was to compare the efficacy and safety of ibutilide and amiodarone (intravenously) in converting recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter (Af) to sinus rhythm (SR). Methods The study was prospective, randomized and included 152 (103 men and 49 women) consecutive patients with AF or Af of 3–48 h duration. Ibutilide is a selective class III antiarrhythmic agent which when administered intravenously can terminate AF and Af. Amiodarone is also a class III antiarrhythmic agent that when given intravenously or orally has proved to be more effective than other agents in terminating AF and Af [B.N. Singh, F.V. Mody, B. Lopez, J.S. Sarma. Antiarrhythmic agents for atrial fibrillation: focus on prolonging atrial repolarization. Am J Cardiol 1999 Nov 4; 84: 161R–173R.]. Seventy-nine patients (56 with AF and 23 with Af) that consisted group A were treated with ibutilide. Seventy-three (52 with AF and 21 with Af) consisted group B and were treated with intravenous infusion of amiodarone. Results The conversion rate of group A (ibutilide) was significantly higher than the conversion rate of group B (amiodarone) (80% vs. 57%, p =0.0054). As regards the kind of arrhythmia separately, for AF there wasn't significant difference (77% vs. 69%, p =ns) whereas for Af ibutilide was superior to amiodarone (87% vs. 29%, p =0.003). The conversion rates of ibutilide didn't differ for AF and Af (77% vs. 87%, p =ns). Conclusions Ibutilide is more effective than amiodarone in converting recent-onset Af to SR whereas both drugs are equally effective in converting recent-onset AF to SR. |
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