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Amiodarone, administered either intravenously or orally, is an effective treatment for restoring and maintaining sinus rhythm in patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

January 1, 1989Japanese Heart JournalOpen Access

The effective treatment of multifocal atrial tachycardia with amiodarone.

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Why the study?

Does amiodarone restore sinus rhythm in patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia?

Population

9 patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia during exacerbation of chronic lung and/or cardiac disease…

Design

Case_series

Follow-up

during hospitalization

Authors

GKGeorge KouvarasTzaneion General Hospital DCDennis V. CokkinosHeart Failure & Transplant GHGeorge HALALState Hospital

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Implication

Amiodarone may restore sinus rhythm in multifocal atrial tachycardia; hypothesis-generating from this case series and requires prospective trials before any practice change.

Structured PICO

Does amiodarone restore sinus rhythm in patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia?

Population

9 patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT) during exacerbation of chronic lung and/or cardiac disease, aged 60-85 (mean 72.1 +/- 8.6) years.

Intervention

Amiodarone, administered either intravenously (450-900 mg over 2 hours, repeated if necessary) or orally (600 mg/day, with a maintenance dosage of 200-400 mg daily).

Outcome

Restoration of sinus rhythmsurrogate

Amiodarone effectively restored and maintained sinus rhythm in a small series of patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia, a condition for which no effective therapy had been previously established.

Cite This Study

Kouvaras et al. (1989) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd73d1567d2fc4d5f1e39 https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.30.301

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Implication

Amiodarone may restore sinus rhythm in multifocal atrial tachycardia; hypothesis-generating from this case series and requires prospective trials before any practice change.

The effective treatment of multifocal atrial tachycardia with amiodarone.

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The effective treatment of multifocal atrial tachycardia with amiodarone.

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