First clinical experience with the rapid-, short-acting amiodarone derivative E 047/1 after cardiac surgery

European Journal of Anaesthesiology
H GombotzH Metzler

Abstract

Amiodarone is very effective against a variety of dysrhythmias but has poor pharmacodynamic properties and many undesired side-effects. Its short- and rapid-acting derivative E 047/1 may circumvent some of these drawbacks. It is easier to titrate while retaining the high efficacy of amiodarone and may have acceptable influences on haemodynamics and cardiac conduction in patients who develop serious, destabilizing ventricular tachydysrhythmias after cardiac surgery. Testing E 047/1 was performed prospectively in two consecutive phase II open, clinical studies. Out of 504 patients scheduled for surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass for coronary artery grafting and/or valve repair, 35 developed serious, haemodynamically destabilizing ventricular dysrhythmias (Lown 2-Lown 4b) after surgery and were treated with a 1 mg kg(-1) (pilot study, n = 15) or randomized to a 2 or 3 mg kg(-1) bolus of E 047/1, followed by a 1 mg kg(-1) h(-1) continuous infusion for 2 h (n = 10 in each group). Dysrhythmias, PQ, QTc intervals and haemodynamics using the thermodilution technique were evaluated for up to 24 h after drug initiation. At the time of final inclusion the patients had between 6 and 12 (or more) ventricular ectopics per minute. Within th...Continue Reading

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