flecainide


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Related to flecainide: amiodarone, flecainide acetate
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oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias

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For sinus rhythm maintenance, she was taking flecainide 150 mg twice daily and metoprolol.
Investigators, Preliminary Report: Effect of Encainide and Flecainide on
The flecainide provocative test (2 mg/kg for 10 minutes) was performed after three months of catheter ablation which revealed unmasking of type I Brugada pattern (Figure 3(d)).
For patients who do not respond to beta-blocker therapy, flecainide has been investigated as an additional option [6, 7].
Haj Khelil et al., "Regulation of SCN5A by microRNAs: miR-219 modulates SCN5A transcript expression and the effects of flecainide intoxication in mice," Heart Rhythm, vol.
Flecainide test is recommended when there is suspicion of BrS.
These tests are performed by administering sodium channel blockers to patients, such as flecainide, ajmaline, procainamide, propafenone and disopyramide, while recording the changes in the ECG.
A case of near-fatal flecainide overdose in a neonate successfully treated with sodium bicarbonate.
Because of the dynamic character of the electrocardiographic aspect we performed a flecainide challenge test in order to reproduce the diagnostic pattern of Brugada.
(44) Patients with paroxysmal AF may be candidates for a "pill-in-the-pocket" strategy using propafenone or flecainide. (5)
In contrast, LQT3 (caused by gain of function variants in SCN5A) may be treated with sodium channel blockers such as mexilitine, flecainide, or ranolazine (24).