Risk of proarrhythmic events in the atrial fibrillation follow-up investigation of rhythm management (AFFIRM) study
A multivariate analysis
Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD, FACC*,*,
Paul A. Zimmermann, MD, FACC ,
Ted Wang, MD, FACC ,
George W. Dennish, III, MD, FACC ,
Patrick D. Barrell, BS||,
Mary L. Chandler, MD, FACOG||,
H. Leon Greene, MD, FACC|| AFFIRM Investigators
* MetroHealth Campus of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
South Carolina Heart Center, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, California, USA
|| Axio Research Corporation, Seattle, Washington, USA

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Figure 1 Time to significant ventricular arrhythmias (defined as resuscitated cardiac arrest, torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia, sustained ventricular tachycardia, or arrhythmic death) in the antiarrhythmic drug arm of the AFFIRM study exposed to quinidine, disopyramide, procainamide, sotalol, ibutilide, or dofetilide at any time.
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