Antimicrobial Natural Product Berberine Is Efficacious for the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

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Flow chart of patient selection. From a database of 225 patients between January 2013 and March 2014, 96 met the inclusion criteria and 129 were excluded because of noneligibility. Data from 48 atrial fibrillation (AF) patients treated with berberine and 48 matched AF patients treated with amiodarone were included. Follow-up at one year was complete in 45 and 43 of berberine and amiodarone treated patients, respectively. Three patients were lost in berberine group and 5 patients were lost in amiodarone group.