Utility of adjunctive single oral bolus propafenone therapy in patients with atrial defibrillators
Europace : European Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Electrophysiology : Journal of the Working Groups on Cardiac Pacing, Arrhythmias, and Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology
David SchwartzmanDavid E Euler
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated that ambulatory atrial defibrillation shocks delivered by an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) are safe and effective, but poorly tolerated. Separate studies have demonstrated the utility of single oral bolus propafenone for conversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation (AF); however, most patients were hospitalized, had no structural heart disease, were taking no other antiarrhythmic drugs, and were not exposed to concomitant shock. We hypothesized that a single oral bolus dose of propafenone given early after onset would be a safe and effective adjunct to ICD-based AF therapy and improve overall therapy tolerance. A randomized three-way crossover study design was used to compare three strategies, deployed in the ambulatory setting early after AF episode onset in 35 ICD patients with advanced, drug refractory episodic/persistent syndromes, many of whom had structural heart disease and were taking other antiarrhythmic drugs: (i) single oral bolus propafenone (600 mg), followed by ICD shock if necessary; (ii) single oral bolus placebo, followed by ICD shock if necessary; and (iii) no oral bolus therapy and ICD shock if necessary (no bolus). Antiarrhythmic efficacy, defined by the re...Continue Reading
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