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Use of enalapril to facilitate sinus rhythm maintenance after external cardioversion of long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation. Results of a prospective and controlled study
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AIMS: This study aimed to assess whether enalapril could improve cardioversion outcome and facilitate sinus rhythm maintenance after conversion of chronic atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS AND RESULTS: Patients with chronic AF for more than 3 months were assigned to receive either amiodarone (200mg orally 3 times a day; group I: n=75) or the same dosage of amiodarone plus enalapril (10mg twice a day; group II: n=70) 4 weeks before scheduled external cardioversion. The end-point was the time to first recurrence of AF. In 125 patients (86.2%), AF was converted to sinus rhythm. Group II had a trend to a trend to a lower rate of immediate recurrence of AF than group I did (4.3% vs 14.7%, P=0.067). Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated a higher probability of group II remaining in sinus rhythm at 4 weeks (84.3% vs 61.3%, P=0.002) and at the median follow-up period of 270 days (74.3% vs 57.3%, P=0.021) than in group II. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of enalapril to amiodarone decreased the rate of immediate and subacute arrhythmia recurrences and facilitated subsequent long-term maintenance of sinus rhythm after cardioversion of persistent AF.
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- Ueng, K.
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- Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (TW)
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- Ueng, K
- ORCID
- Ueng, K
- Venue
- European Heart Journal
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- Oxford University Press (OUP)
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- 2003-12
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- 24
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- 2090-2098
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- 0195-668X (ISSN-L)
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- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Keywords
- enalapril, amiodarone, atrial fibrillation, external cardioversion, sinus rhythm maintenance, atrial fibrillation recurrence, long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation, combination anticoagulant therapy, ACE inhibitors
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Amiodarone, Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors, Anti-Arrhythmia Agents, Antihypertensive Agents, Atrial Fibrillation, Combined Modality Therapy, Drug Therapy, Combination, Electric Countershock, Enalapril, Humans, Long-Term Care, Middle Aged, Prospective Studies, Treatment Outcome, Disease-Free Survival, Secondary Prevention
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