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- Title
Amiodarone can still be a drug of choice at emergency departments for pre-excited atrial fibrillation even in the face of guidelines prohibition.
- Authors
Payami, Babak; Zarrin, Afshin; Hosseinzadeh, Mofid; Haybar, Habib; Khodamoradi, Sepideh
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
PHYSICAL diagnosis; WOLFF-Parkinson-White syndrome; HOSPITAL emergency services; INTRAVENOUS therapy; ATRIAL fibrillation; TREATMENT duration; TREATMENT effectiveness; AMIODARONE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Emergency Medicine / Ṭibb-i Urzhāns-i Īrān, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2383-3645
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22037/ijem.v10i1.40732