Amiodarone in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Asymptomatic Ventricular Arrhythmia

Abstract

Although amiodarone was effective in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias and improving ventricular function, it did not reduce the incidence of sudden death or prolong survival among patients with heart failure, except for a trend toward reduced mortality among those with nonischemic cardiomyopathy.