New pharmacological approaches to atrial fibrillation

JT Milnes, DJ Madge, JW Ford - Drug discovery today, 2012 - Elsevier
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia facing physicians, afflicting
13% of men and 11% of women over 85 years of age. Epidemiological studies estimate that …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-arrhythmic agents in the treatment of atrial fibrillation

OF Hassan, J Al Suwaidi, AM Salam - Journal of Atrial Fibrillation, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia seen during daily
cardiovascular physician practice, its management remained a challenge for cardiology …

Antiarrhythmic drugs in atrial fibrillation: an overview of new agents, their mechanisms of action and potential clinical utility

A Choudhury, GYH Lip - Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Despite recent advances in our understanding of the mechanism of atrial fibrillation (AF),
effective treatment remains difficult in many patients. Pharmacotherapy remains the …

Novel approaches for pharmacological management of atrial fibrillation

JR Ehrlich, S Nattel - Drugs, 2009 - Springer
In the light of the progressively increasing prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF), medical
awareness of the need to develop improved therapeutic approaches for the arrhythmia has …

Antiarrhythmic drug therapy for atrial fibrillation: focus on atrial selectivity and safety

D Li, H Sun, P Levesque - Cardiovascular & Hematological …, 2009 - ingentaconnect.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a highly prevalent arrhythmia and responsible for significant
morbidity, mortality and health care cost. The prevalence of AF is expected to increase …

New drugs for atrial fibrillation

M Hammwöhner, J Smid, U Lendeckel… - Journal of interventional …, 2008 - Springer
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. Epidemiologic
studies suggest that the number of patients with AF will triple in the next 30 years, and …

New and emerging antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation: what may become available to the clinician in the near future

K Kumar, PJ Zimetbaum - Current treatment options in cardiovascular …, 2009 - Springer
Opinion statement Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia and a major
cause of morbidity. In the past decade, there have been significant advances in the …

Antiarrhythmic drug therapy for rhythm control in atrial fibrillation

JW Waks, P Zimetbaum - Journal of cardiovascular …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and affects over 33
million people worldwide. AF is associated with stroke and systemic thromboembolism …

New antiarrhythmic drugs for establishing sinus rhythm in atrial fibrillation: what are our therapies likely to be by 2010 and beyond?

JP Morrow, CP Cannon, JA Reiffel - American Heart Journal, 2007 - Elsevier
The management of atrial fibrillation (AF) is plagued by, among other things, limitations in
the efficacy, tolerance, and safety of currently available agents for the conversion of AF to …

Pharmacological therapy of atrial fibrillation

KK Patton, RL Page - Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Atrial fibrillation is the most common cardiac arrhythmia and is a major cause of
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Present pharmacological …