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. 2022 Feb 2;1(1):11–22. doi: 10.1016/j.cjcpc.2021.09.001

Table 4.

Discharge medications (n = 104)

Medication Count Discharge dosage (mg/d) Count (combinations categorized) Breakthrough SVT
Amiodarone 5 (3.8%) 17 (10-22) 2 (1.9%) 2/2 (100%)
Digoxin 14 (10.5%) 0.03 (0.015-0.07) 4 (3.8%) 1/4 (25.0%)
Flecainide 24 (18.0%) 18 (9-40) 11 (10.6%) 3/11 (27.3%)
Propranolol 74 (55.6%) 9 (0.9-24.96) 56 (53.8%) 13/56 (23.2%)
Sotalol 11 (8.3%) 22.5 (3.6-45) 5 (4.8%) 2/5 (40.0%)
Propafenone 2 (1.5%) 75 (60-90) n/a n/a
None 3 (2.3%) n/a 3 (2.9%) 3/3 (100%)
Combination n/a n/a 23 (22.1%) 2/23 (8.7%)

Medications prescribed at discharge and the rate of breakthrough SVT events throughout follow-up for each discharge medication.

n/a, not available; SVT, supraventricular tachycardia.