title: How to prescribe and manage antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
abstract: The pharmacological approach is the corner-stone of therapy for arrhythmia because it is non-invasive, convenient and widely available. However, the indications for antiarrhythmic therapy in general, as well as the indications for drug therapy as opposed to non-pharmacological therapeutic methods, are far from clearly defined. Among the existing antiarrhythmic drugs, clear reduction of mortality due to arrhythmia has been shown definitively only with beta-blocking agents and possibly with amiodarone.
authors: Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Camm
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Katritsis
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents