title: [Prevention of cardiac arrhythmias: what is the place for antiarrhythmic drugs?].
abstract: The place of antiarrhythmic drugs in the preventive treatment of the cardiac arrhythmias was recently revalued because of the improvement of the radiofrequency catheter ablation techniques and the growing place of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The choice of the antiarrhythmic treatment must always be based on the type of arrhythmia, the presence of a structural cardiopathy and the potential side effects of the antiarrhythmic drug.
authors.affiliation: Clinique cardiologique et des maladies vasculaires, CHU de Nantes-Hôpital G. et R. Laennec, 44093 Nantes Cedex 1.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.forename: Jean-Noël
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Trochu
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Le Marec
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents