The Living Guidelines: Patients with Heart Failure who have Concomitant Disorders. Suggest Revisions to the CLASS IIa Guidelines

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Class IIa Guidelines
1. It is reasonable to prescribe digitalis to control the ventricular response rate in patients with HF and atrial fibrillation. (Level of Evidence: A)

2. It is reasonable to prescribe amiodarone to decrease recurrence of atrial arrhythmias and to decrease recurrence of ICD discharge for ventricular arrhythmias. (Level of Evidence: C)