[Is quinidine an outmoded drug?]

In a group of 273 patients with a recently developed atrial fibrillation the authors compared the success of cardioversion in a group of 141 patients using quinidine and a group of 132 patients where for cardioversion different preparations were used. The results of the investigation confirmed the advantages of quinidine as an antiarrhythmic drug used for pharmacological cardioversion of atrial fibrillation.