Dose-response effects of bepridil in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation monitored with transtelephonic electrocardiograms: a multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled,double-blind study (J-BAF Study).

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Published in Circ J on April 09, 2009

Authors

Takeshi Yamashita1, Satoshi Ogawa, Toshiaki Sato, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Hirotsugu Atarashi, Akira Fujiki, Hiroshi Inoue, Makoto Ito, Takao Katoh, Youichi Kobayashi, Yukihiro Koretsune, Koichiro Kumagai, Shinichi Niwano, Osamu Okazaki, Ken Okumura, Keijiro Saku, Teruhisa Tanabe, Hideki Origasa, J-BAF Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: The Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo 106-0032, Japan. yamt-tky@umin.ac.jp

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