Randomised trial of effect of amiodarone on mortality in patients with left-ventricular dysfunction after recent myocardial infarction: EMIAT

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AmiodaroneMedicineMyocardial infarctionCardiologyInternal medicinePlaceboEjection fractionProarrhythmiaClinical endpointRandomized controlled trialAnesthesiaHeart failureAtrial fibrillation

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Year: 1997
Type: article
Volume: 349
Issue: 9053
Pages: 667-674
Citations: 1110
Access: Closed

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                                    D G Julian, 
                                
                                    AJ Camm, 
                                
                                    G. Frangin
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1997). 
                            Randomised trial of effect of amiodarone on mortality in patients with left-ventricular dysfunction after recent myocardial infarction: EMIAT. 
                            The Lancet
                            , 349
                            (9053)
                            , 667-674.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(96)09145-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(96)09145-3