Practical guidelines for clinicians who treat patients with amiodarone

Amiodarone has become an important drug for the treatment of supraventricul ar and ventricular arrhythmias, in short-term inpatient and outpatient sett ings. It may also have a role in affecting outcome in patients at high risk for arrhythmic events and sudden death; its place among available therapie s is being established in clinical trials.