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Atrial fibrillation

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Chronic atrial fibrillation

Alternatives to amiodarone include flecainide b

Why?

  • 34% of patients who take flecainide are in siuns rhythm at 12 months (95% CI: 27% to 42%); 9% discontinue therapy owing ti side-effcts (95% CI: 4% to 13%) b

Expiry date: February 2003
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Authors   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   R G   Hart
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton