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8458365

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
Rapid atrial pacing is effective in terminating atrial flutter, but often results in transient or permanent atrial fibrillation rather than sinus rhythm. Class Ia antiarrhythmic drugs have earlier been shown to facilitate the direct conversion of atrial flutter to sinus rhythm. The present study was performed to test the hypothesis that flecainide, a group 1c antiarrhythmic drug, increases the direct conversion to sinus rhythm. In a series of 30 consecutive clinical episodes of atrial flutter treated with rapid atrial pacing, 12 episodes were in patients on flecainide treatment (group A), while in 13 episodes no patients were on group I antiarrhythmic drugs (group B). Direct conversion to sinus rhythm was achieved more often in group A (75%) than in group B (31%) P = 0.034. Both the flutter rates and the pacing rates used were lower in group A, 240 vs 280 beat.min-1 and 375 vs 430 b.min-1, respectively. Patients with atrial flutter in whom rapid atrial pacing is to be performed should be considered for pretreatment with flecainide.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0195-668X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of flecainide on termination of atrial flutter by rapid atrial pacing.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Aker University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial