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Principes van anti-arritmica

1. Treatment is aimed at reducing AF-related symptoms;

2. Efficacy of antiarrhythmic drugs to maintain sinus rhythm is modest;

3. Clinically successful antiarrhythmic drug therapy may reduce rather than eliminate the recurrence of AF;

4. If one antiarrhythmic drug ‘fails’, a clinically acceptable response may be achieved with another agent;

5. Drug-induced pro-arrhythmia or extracardiac side-effects are frequent;

6. Safety rather than efficacy considerations should primarily guide the choice of antiarrhythmic drug.