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[Treatment of recent atrial fibrillation with intravenous propafenone].

Scipione Carerj, Giovanni Cavalli, A Magazù, B Carerj, Domenico Cento, Francesco Arrigo, Giuseppe Oreto, F Consolo

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Abstract

Intravenous propafenone (1 mg/Kg in 3 min) has been administered to 14 patients with recent atrial fibrillation. The sinus rhythm was restored in 7 patients within 30 min after the injection. The left atrial size, evaluated by M-mode echocardiography, was no different in the group of responders, with respect to the non-responders. No adverse effect has been observed. One single patient manifested a long asystolic pause (3860 ms), at the restoration of sinus rhythm. Propafenone appears to be useful in the treatment of recent atrial fibrillation.

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Intravenous propafenone (1 mg/Kg in 3 min) has been administered to 14 patients with recent atrial fibrillation. The sinus rhythm was restored in 7 patients within 30 min after the injection. The left atrial size, evaluated by M-mode echocardiography, was no different in the group of responders, with respect to the non-responders. No adverse effect has been observed. One single patient manifested a long asystolic pause (3860 ms), at the restoration of sinus rhythm. Propafenone appears to be useful in the treatment of recent atrial fibrillation.

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Intravenous propafenone (1 mg/Kg in 3 min) has been administered to 14 patients with recent atrial fibrillation. The sinus rhythm was restored in 7 patients within 30 min after the injection. The left atrial size, evaluated by M-mode echocardiography, was no different in the group of responders, with respect to the non-responders. No adverse effect has been observed. One single patient manifested a long asystolic pause (3860 ms), at the restoration of sinus rhythm. Propafenone appears to be useful in the treatment of recent atrial fibrillation.

Key concepts: Propafenone, Atrial fibrillation, Sinus rhythm, Medicine, Cardiology, Internal medicine, Anesthesia, Adverse effect

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