Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 340-345 , June 2007

The Safety of Amiodarone in Patients With Heart Failure

  • Christian Torp-Pedersen, MD

      Affiliations

    • From the Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Prof. Christian Torp-Pedersen, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, 2400 Copenhagen NV, Denmark.
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  • Marco Metra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cattedra di Cardiologia, Università di Brescia, Italy
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  • Philip Spark, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Nottingham Clinical Research Group (NCRG), Nottingham, UK
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  • Mary Ann Lukas, MD

      Affiliations

    • GlaxoSmikthKline, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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  • Christine Moullet, MD

      Affiliations

    • F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Armin Scherhag, MD

      Affiliations

    • I Medical Clinic, University Hospital Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany and F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Michel Komajda, MD

      Affiliations

    • La Pitié-Salpétriêre Hospital, Paris, France
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  • John G.F. Cleland, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Hull, Kingston upon Hull, UK
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  • Willem Remme, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sticares Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Rhoon, Netherlands
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  • Andrea Di Lenarda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ospedale di Cattinara, Trieste, Italy
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  • Karl Swedberg, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Göteborg, Sweden
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  • Philip A. Poole-Wilson, MD

      Affiliations

    • National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK
    • The COMET investigators are listed in a previous publication: Poole-Wilson PA, Swedberg K, Cleland JG, et al. Comparison of carvedilol and metoprolol on clinical outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure in the Carvedilol Or Metoprolol European Trial (COMET): randomized controlled trial. Lancet 2003;362:7–13.
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  • for the COMET Investigators

Received 26 October 2006 ,Revised 23 February 2007 ,Accepted 28 February 2007.

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PII: S1071-9164(07)00069-3

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.02.009

Journal of Cardiac Failure
Volume 13, Issue 5 , Pages 340-345 , June 2007

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