2002 ALIVE TRIAL Amiodarone as Compared with Lidocaine for Shock-Resistant Ventricular Fibrillation Prospective, randomized, controlled, double-dummy trial Objective: To determine whether amiodarone compared with lidocaine could improve survival rates to hospital admission in patients with shock-refractory, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. 344 adults with documented out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation (VF); suffered persistent/recurrent VF despite three defibrillation shocks, epinephrine […]
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AATAC Trial Summary: Ablation vs. amiodarone for Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
2016 AATAC TRIAL Ablation vs. amiodarone for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation in CHF Multicenter, parallel-group, open-label, randomized Objective: To assess if AF ablation is superior to y amiodarone in patients with symptomatic (NYHA II-III) heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (LVEFS 40%) and persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) 203 patients (age 18 years) with persistent […]