Acute propafenone toxicity after two exposures at standard dosing

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Yeung, Adam ^a   Shanks, David ^a   Parwana, Harjinder ^a   Gin, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Class IC antiarrhythmics; Propafenone; Propafenone toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BICARBONATE; BISOPROLOL; DOPAMINE; PROPAFENONE; VERAPAMIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; QRS COMPLEX; SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77953380234     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70402-5     Document Type: Article

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