Why the study?
Does low-dose amiodarone prevent episodes of tachyarrhythmia and symptomatic bradycardia in patients with bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome?
Population
4 patients with the bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
4-13 months
Authors
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May support low-dose amiodarone in bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome; single case leaves open need for controlled trials.
Does low-dose amiodarone prevent episodes of tachyarrhythmia and symptomatic bradycardia in patients with bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome?
Low-dose amiodarone may be a useful initial therapy to prevent arrhythmias in bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome before deciding on permanent pacemaker implantation.
Riccioni et al. (2008) studied this question.
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