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Nora Goldschlager, MD; Andrew E. Epstein, MD; Gerald Naccarelli, MD; Brian Olshansky, MD; Braman Singh, MD; for the Practice Guidelines Subcommittee, North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology

Arch Intern Med. 2000;160:1741-1748.

Amiodarone has become an important drug for the treatment of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias, in short-term inpatient and outpatient settings. It may also have a role in affecting outcome in patients at high risk for arrhythmic events and sudden death; its place among available therapies is being established in clinical trials.

From the Cardiology Division, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital.

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