Articles tagged ‘atrial flutter’

It has recently been announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of dronaderone (Multaq®) for patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) or atrial flutter (AFL). Multaq® is the first drug approved in the United States that has shown a clinical benefit to reduce cardiovascular hospitalization in patients with AF/AFL.

Use of the antiarrhythmic drug dronedarone significantly reduced the risk of hospitalisation due to cardiovascular events or death in patients with paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation or flutter in the ATHENA trial. New data are now available on trial patients with heart failure.