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Am J Cardiol
; 85(4): 503-6, A11, 2000 Feb 15.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10728961
RESUMO
The clinical effectiveness and cost to convert recent-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter to sinus after 3 to 4 weeks of anticoagulation with intravenous ibutilide was compared with direct-current cardioversion. The low success rate with ibutilide made direct-current cardioversion the more clinical and cost-effective method to restore sinus rhythm.