title: Usefulness of ibutilide in facilitating successful external cardioversion of refractory atrial fibrillation.
abstract: We repeated direct-current cardioversion of atrial fibrillation after ibutilide injection in patients who failed conventional cardioversion. Eleven of 12 patients (92%) had successful cardioversion and avoided the need for internal cardioversion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-2265, USA. huaguili@unmc.edu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tomassoni
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beheiry
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leonelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Easley
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Barrington
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Windle
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011292:Premedication; D019233:Retreatment; D013449:Sulfonamides / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D013449:Sulfonamides; C067192:ibutilide