Antiarrhythmic Drugs
Clinical trial: Thermocool catheter use in patients with atrial fibrillation
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Health Guide
Stroke secondary to cocaine
...should continue to receive their regular dose. Heart arrhythmias (irregular beats) are treated with antiarrhythmic drugs or other medications. Other conditions should be treated as... Read more »Mitral valve prolapse
Barlow's syndrome; Floppy mitral valve; Myxomatous mitral valve; Billowing mitral valve; Systolic click-murmur syndrome; Prolapsing mitral leaflet syndrome ... Read more »Mitral regurgitation: acute
Mitral insufficiency; Acute mitral regurgitation Treatment Hospitalization may be required for diagnosis and treatment of severe symptoms. The... Read more »Arrhythmias
Dysrhythmias; Abnormal heart rhythms; Bradycardia; Tachycardia Treatment When an arrhythmia is serious, urgenttreatment may be required to restore a normal rhythm.... Read more »Atrial fibrillation/flutter
Auricular fibrillation; A-fib Treatment In certain cases, atrial fibrillation may require emergency treatment to convert the arrhythmia to normal (sinus)... Read more »
Medications
...pseudoephedrine) allopurinol aminoglutethimide certain antiarrhythmic drugs (e.g.,... Read more »
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