Abstract：
:In the present study we evaluated 35 patients of both sexes, aged 21-84, with newly occurring supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, 19 atrial fibrillation (AF), 6 atrial flutter (FL) and 10 paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias (PSVT). They were treated with a single amiodarone infusion up to two hours after the restoration of a stable sinus rhythm or to a maximus dose of 2,400 mg (in 24 hours). Plasma amiodarone concentration and QTc were measured at the restoration of sinus rhythm and twelve hours after the amiodarone withdrawal. Amiodarone infusion restored a stable sinus rhythm in all 10 patients of the PSVT group (100%), in 5 of the FL group (83%) and in 16 of the AF group (84%). The average dose needed to stop PSVT was lesser than for AF and FL (M + SE: 473.3 +/- 36.88 vs 1842.1 + 259.6 vs 1548.8 +/- 345.5 mg; p less than 0.001). The average plasma amiodarone concentration at the restoration of sinus rhythm was 2450.4 +/- 175.9 SE ng/ml in all the tachyarrhythmias as a whole without any statistically significant difference among PSVT, FL and AF. Moreover no correlation exists between plasma amiodarone concentrations and the amount of amiodarone infused. QTc showed a statistically significant transient lengthening at the restoration of sinus rhythm, but not twelve hours after amiodarone withdrawal. In conclusion, a single dose of amiodarone is effective and safe in all newly occurring supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, without any important side effect and with a high therapeutic index in pharmacologic cardioversion as alternative treatment to cardioversion.
journal_name
Minerva Cardioangioljournal_title
Minerva cardioangiologicaauthors
Veglio F,Vietti Ramus G,Marchisio U,Bonino ML,Burzio P,Bigo P,Leopaldi D,Ricco Gsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-03-01 00:00:00pages
87-95issue
3eissn
0026-4725issn
1827-1618journal_volume
39pub_type
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