proarrhythmia

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proarrhythmia /pro·ar·rhyth·mia/ (pro″ah-rith´me-ah) cardiac arrhythmia that is either drug-induced or drug-aggravated.proarryth´mic

proarrhythmia

Cardiology A drug-related arrhythmia, seen in 4–6% of Pts treated for V tach or V fib, especially in Pts treated with digitalis & diuretics, ↓ left ventricular function, longer pretreatment Q-T intervals Pathogenesis Altered reentry substrate and early after depolarization. See Arrhythmia.

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arrhythmia propafenone sotalol			2000) The potential for QT prolongation and proarrhythmia by non-antiarrhythmic drugs: Clinical and regulatory implications, European Heart Journal. A hybrid wavelet and time plane based method for QT interval ... by Majumder, Swanirbhar; Pal, Saurabh; Dhar, Sidhartha; Sinha, Abhijit; Roy, Abhijit / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE) Drug-induced proarrhythmia and the use of QTc prolonging agents: Clues for clinicians. The importance of routine QT interval measurement in rhythm ... by Hutton, Darlene M. / Dynamics Proarrhythmia is observed in patients treated with drugs that block the hERG channel, including quinidine, dofetilide, antihistamines, and antibiotics (Bednar et al. Chronic arsenic exposure and cardiac repolarization abnormalities ... by Mumford, Judy L.; Wu, Kegong; Xia, Yajuan; Kwok, Richard; Yang, Zhihui; Foster, James; Sanders, Will / Environmental Health Perspectives			prn order PRO pro bono pro forma pro rat. aet. pro re nata Pro Sobee pro- Pro-Banthine pro-climax Pro-Clude pro-drug pro-life pro-oestrus pro-otic pro-SPCA pro-time proaccelerin proacrosomal granule proacrosomal granules PROACT proactinomyces proactivator proandrogens proanthrocyanadins proarrhythmia proatlas probability probable signs probacteriophage proband probang probation probative probatocephaly probe probe syringe probenecid probiosis probiotic Probiotics Probity problem Problem Classification scheme Problem drinker Problem Patient problem solving problem wound problem-based learning Problem-Oriented Medical record Problem-Oriented record			Proactive Monitoring Alarms Correlation Management System Proactive Monitoring Center Proactive Network Provider Participation for P2P Proactive Office Encounter Proactive Preemptive Operations Group Proactive Preventive Maintenance Proactive Recruitment of Multicultural Professionals for Tomorrow Proactive Reliability Maintenance Proactive Risk Manager Proactive System Password Recovery proactively proactively proactiveness proactiveness proactivity proactivity PROAGRO ProAmatine Proamita proamnion proandrogens Proanthocyanidin proanthrocyanadins Proanura PROAP PROARC PROARCA proarrhythmia proarrhythmic effect proarrhythmic effect proarrhythmic effect proas Proatlas Proatlas Proatlas proaulion Proavus PROB PROB prob. PROBA Probabalistic Dilution Model Probabiliorism Probabiliorist probabilis probabilism probabilist probabilistic probabilistic probabilistic probabilistic probabilistic Probabilistic and Statistical Inference Probabilistic automata Probabilistic Automata and Logics Probabilistic automaton Probabilistic Branching Time Logic Probabilistic Classification Vector Machine

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