Prevention of Implantable-Defibrillator Shocks by Treatment with Sotalol

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Authors

Antonio Pacifico · Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia

STEFAN H. HOHNLOSER · Goethe University Frankfurt

John H. Williams

Ben Tao

Sanjeev Saksena

Philip D. Henry · Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia

Eric N. Prystowsky · St Vincent Hospital

Abstract

Oral sotalol was safe and efficacious in reducing the risk of death or the delivery of a first defibrillator shock whether or not ventricular function was depressed.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 340, Issue 24, pp. 1855-1862

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199906173402402

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