Hi

Has anyone had experience of taking amiodarone and warfarin at same time as just
started amiodarone today prior to internal cardioversion?

I am 64 year old male in UK, first diagnosed with PAF in 2000. I now have long
standing persistent AF, diagnosed as such in March 2006. Due to increasing
symptoms my EP and I have decided to attempt an internal cardioversion. If I
feel better when in NSR after cardiovarsion, we may then proceed to a catheter
ablation. To give me a better chance of achieving NSR at cardioversion I have
started amiodarone this week (short-term only) and of course I have already
started warfarin (two months ago). My two questions are:

Is reversion to NSR at cardioversion likely as I have been in persistent AF for
over three years? It will be an internal cardioversion to give me more of a
chance.

Is amiodarone the drug of choice for this (to mitigate arrhythmia prior to
cardioversion), or are other anti-arrhythmics more suited?

Thanks for any information and input that can offered.

Regards, Harry