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Tachyarrhythmias

Clinical features
Investigations
Therapy
Prevention
Prognosis
Therapy

Atrial flutter
  • Amiodarone a

Why?

  • Amiodarone is more effective at cardioversion than digoxin a

Amiodarone is more effective at cardioversion than digoxin or verapamil

Patient Treatment Comparison Outcome CER RRR
(95% CI)
NNT
(95% CI)
acute atrial flutter a amiodarone digoxin sinus rhythm
at 24 hours
71% -30%
(-72% to 1%)
5
(2 to 170)


Expiry date: July 2004
Levels of Evidence used in grading these guides

Author   CM   Ball
Reviewer   H   Oral
CAT Writers   CM   Ball , N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton