English > antiarrhythmic drug: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm. |
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| Synonyms | antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmic medication |
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| Narrower | amiodarone, Cordarone | An antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective |
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| encainide, Enkaid | antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients |
| flecainide, Tambocor | oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias |
| mexiletine, Mexitil | antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias |
| quinidine, Quinidex, Quinora | cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias |
| tocainide, Tonocard | antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed |
| Broader | medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease |
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