arrhythmic
Patients may require antiarrhythmic medications or even electrical shock to stop these abnormal rhythms.
Antiarrhythmic therapy is highly individualized and requires close supervision by a cardiologist.
Sotalol proved to be an efficient antiarrhythmic drug.

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antiarrhythmic
noun[ C ]
 medical specialized(alsoanti-arrhythmic)uk /ˌæn.ti.əˈrɪð.mɪk/ us /ˌæn.t̬i.eɪˈrɪð.mɪk//ˌæn.taɪ.eɪˈrɪð.mɪk/
a drug that prevents or controls an irregular heartbeat:
This is an antiarrhythmic used for treating certain types of life-threatening irregular heartbeat.
She was tried on a variety of antiarrhythmics, but couldn't tolerate the side effects.
Parenteral hyoscyamine is also an antiarrhythmic.
There was a reduction in the number of patients requiring anti-arrhythmics at first follow-up compared with the preoperative period.
Transplacental antiarrhythmics were given as first-line treatment.

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analgesia
anti-AIDS
anti-asthma
anti-cancer
anti-cholesterol
anticoagulant
astragalus
atropine
bactericide
beta blocker
blocker
laxative
Milk of Magnesia
naloxone
Novocaine
NSAID
Nurofen
quinine
Rescue Remedy
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Examples of antiarrhythmic

antiarrhythmic
The postoperative course was uneventful, except for intermittent junctional tachycardia which was controlled by antiarrhythmic medical treatment.
Because of the high heart rate, the atnoventricular dissociation and the insufficient response to conventional antiarrhythmic drugs, it is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
These infants were all treated with antiarrhythmic drugs, including digoxin and amiodarone.
Long-term antiarrhythmic therapy was given to three of the four infants.
There were 3 episodes of recurrent atrial fibrillation or flutter; antiarrhythmic agents restored sinus rhythm in all.
Our two patients with early postoperative thrombosis were submitted to thrombectomy because of severe tachyarrhythmias refractory to antiarrhythmic treatment and low cardiac output, respectively.
All cases had required treatment with antiarrhythmic drugs.
Because of the high heart rate, the atrioventricular dissociation and the insufficient response to conventional antiarrhythmic drugs, it is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
A comparison of antiarrhythmic drug therapy with implantable defibrillators in patients resuscitated from near-fatal ventricular arrhythmias.
Persistence is needed with the form of therapy chosen before it is replaced by another potentially dangerous antiarrhythmic drug.
There was one late recurrence of tachycardia requiring antiarrhythmic drugs (94% success rate).
None of these patients required pacemaker implantation or antiarrhythmic therapy.
Intravenous amiodarone is found to be an effective and safe antiarrhythmic agent for children with drug-resistant, life-threatening taehyarrhythmias and depressed left ventricular systolic functions.
In young patients with sympioms refractory to antiarrhythmic treatment, radiofrequency catheter ablation has been shown to be highly effective.
After discontinuation of antiarrhythmic agents, during follow-up electrophysiologic studies 1 week, 3 and 9 months following ablation, ventricular tachycardia was not inducible.
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