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antiarrhythmic drug

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Noun1.antiarrhythmic drug - a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythmantiarrhythmic drug - a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm
antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic medication
amiodarone, Cordarone - an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective
encainide, Enkaid - antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
flecainide, Tambocor - oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients
medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
mexiletine, Mexitil - antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias
Quinidex, quinidine, Quinora - cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias
tocainide, Tonocard - antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed
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Amiodarone, an antiarrhythmic drug approved for controlling life-threatening recurrent ventricular arrhythmias, is marketed as Cordarone and Pacerone.
Simvastatin-amiodarone interaction prompts alert by Mechcatie, Elizabeth / Clinical Psychiatry News
Several randomized trials, largely in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction or in patients with documented lethal arrhythmias, showed beyond doubt that the ICD is superior to antiarrhythmic drug therapy in preventing sudden death, although a number of trials showed no effect.
A brief history of sudden cardiac death and its therapy by Life Extension
As the inducibility and causative mechanisms of arrhythmias induced by TAS have shown an excellent correlation with findings in a subsequent invasive electrophysiological study, it has become a simple, predictive, and inexpensive method of testing the antiarrhythmic/arrhythmogenic properties of drugs used for sudden cardiac death risk stratification and prediction of antiarrhythmic drug treatment benefits and drawbacks in various heart diseases [6, 7].
Device and methods for performing transesophageal stimulation at ... by Anier, Andres; Kaik, Juri; Meigas, Kalju / Estonian Journal of Engineering
 
 
 
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