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encainide

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encainide /en·cai·nide/ (en-ka´nīd) a sodium channel blocker that acts on the Purkinje fibers and myocardium; used as the hydrochloride salt in treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias.
encainide [en-ka´nīd]
a sodium channel blocking agent that acts on the Purkinje fibers and myocardium; used as the hydrochloride salt in treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias.
encainide
an antiarrhythmic drug that blocks Na+ conduction; used as the hydrochloride in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias.
encainide
Enkaid® Cardiology An antiarrhythmic that was removed from the market as it causes arrhythmias and ↑ mortality. See CAST. Cf Flecainide.
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encainide or flecainide) or peripheral vasodilators without re-titration has resulted in lethal pro-arrhythmia or hypotension, respectively.
Clinical pharmacology by Van der Walt, Jan-Stefan; Maartens, Gary / CME: Your SA Journal of CPD
The drugs used were encainide, flecainide and moricizine.
Sudden cardiac death by Antezano, Eduardo S. / Southern Medical Journal
One frequently cited case involves the anti-arrhythmia drugs encainide and flecainide.
Assessing the FDA via the Anomaly of Off-Label Drug Prescribing by TABARROK, ALEXANDER T. / Independent Review
 
 
 
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