Therapy

• quinidine and verapamil ^a  

Why?

• Quinidine and verapamil leads to faster cardioversion than digoxin and quinidine and more patients are discharged home ^a

Quinidine and verapamil speed cardioversion compared with quinidine and digoxin

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	RRR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
acute fast AF a	qunidine and verapamil	qunidine and digoxin	sinus rhythm at 3 hours	46%	85% (13% to 205%)	3 (2 to 8)
			sinus rhythm at 24 hours	73%	23% (-9% to 66%)	6 (-3 to 13)
			discharged home at 6 hours	27%	132% (8% to 400%)	3 (2 to 14)