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			Used in patients with atrial fibrillation
                or flutter.
			
			Effective in about 60% of patients with
                flutter and 30% with atrial fibrillation.
			
			Activates a slow inward sodium channel
                and prolongs action potential duration.  
			
			Q-T prolongation and Torsades des Pointes
                (8% in one clinical trial) may occur. |