Therapy

Avoid using sotalol ^d  

Why?

• Sotalol is less effective than quinidine for achieving cardioversion ^a and is not clearly more effective or safer than quinidine for maintenance of sinus rhythm. ^d

Chronic AF: sotalol is less effective than quinidine at cardioversion

Patient	Treatment	Comparison	Outcome	CER	RRR (95% CI)	NNT (95% CI)
chronic AF a	sotalol	quinidine	sinus rhythm at 7 days	40%	-40% (-65% to -15%)	-3 (-7 to -2)