title: [Efficacy and tolerance of propafenone in the prevention after a year of recurrent atrial arrhythmia. Results of a multicenter study of 114 patients].
abstract: One hundred and fourteen patients were included in an open multicenter trial of the prevention of atrial arrhythmias by propafenone and of the tolerability of this anti-arrhythmic agent after a year. The study population was divided into two groups: group I of 45 patients with only runs of arrhythmias and group II of 69 patients with a stable arrhythmia. Patients were seen again after 2 weeks, 3 and 6 months and 1 year. Holter records were obtained routinely in group I and at 6 months in group II. Treatment was stopped for inefficacy in 30 patients (10 of group I, 20 of group II), for intolerance in 10 patients (5 in each group) and for both in 3 patients (1 in group I, 2 in group II). Propafenone was considered to be effective and well tolerated in 55 per cent of patients, this success rate being identical in the two groups. Effectiveness persisted in a stable fashion at 1 year in those patients who responded initially.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital A. Béclère, Clamart.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sirinelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maarek-Charbit
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Motté
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011405:Propafenone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012008:Recurrence; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011405:Propafenone
vernacular_title: Efficacité et tolérance de la propafénone dans la prévention à un an des récidives d'arythmies auriculaires. Résultats d'une étude multicentrique sur 114 patients.