13th International Congress
THE "NEW FRONTIERS"
OF ARRHYTHMIAS 1998

January 24-31, 1998
Marilleva, Trento, Italy

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Efficacy of a single dose of oral propafenone on atrial fibrillation prophylaxis in hemodialysis patients

Flavio Doni, Margherita Manfredi, Carlo Piemonti, Elio Staffiere, Andrea Rimondini, Cesare Fiorentini*.
Department of Cardiology, Policlinico San Pietro, Ponte San Pietro, *University of Milan, Italy

Introduction

Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation is a common clinical problem in hemodialysis patients. The onset of the arrhythmias is usually observed during hemodialysis. It has a spontan-eous resolution within few hours but frequently gives hemodynamic problems not allowing the normal accomplishment of the procedure.

In this study we investigated the possible beneficial effect of a IC antiarrhythmic drug, propafenone, on atrial fi-brillation prophylaxis in hemodialysis patients.