Class IC antiarrhythmic agent; sodium channel blocker
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Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, 27(4), 464-470 (1980-04-01)
A new class I antiarrhythmic, flecainide, was investigated in 10 patients to assess short-term efficacy and safety. All patients were hospitalized for 3 days; no antiarrhythmics were given on days 1 and 3. On day 2 flecainide 1 mg/kg was
Drug therapy. Flecainide.
D M Roden et al.
The New England journal of medicine, 315(1), 36-41 (1986-07-03)
Pharmacogenetics and genomics, 22(11), 777-783 (2012-09-04)
To investigate the association between age-related decline in flecainide clearance and CYP2D6 genotype, we conducted a population pharmacokinetic analysis of flecainide using routine therapeutic drug monitoring data. Population pharmacokinetic analysis was performed on retrospective data from 163 genotyped patients treated
Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux, 92(2), 273-277 (1999-03-17)
Poisoning with flecainide acetate is rare and associated with a high mortality. This usually occurs after massive ingestion but can also be observed during therapeutic overdose in patients with renal failure or with amiodarone therapy. The prognostic depends on the
The Journal of clinical investigation, 118(6), 2219-2229 (2008-05-03)
Phenotypic overlap of type 3 long QT syndrome (LQT3) with Brugada syndrome (BrS) is observed in some carriers of mutations in the Na channel SCN5A. While this overlap is important for patient management, the clinical features, prevalence, and mechanisms underlying
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