Contents; Preface; Aknowledgments; Part 1 Basic principles; Chapter 1 Mechanisms of cardiac tachyarrhythmias; Chapter 2 Introduction to antiarrhythmic drugs; Part 2 Clinical features of antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 3 Class I antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 4 Class II antiarrhythmic drugs; beta-blocking agents; Chapter 5 Class III antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 6 Class IV drugs: calcium-blocking agents; Chapter 7 Unclassified antiarrhythmic agents; Chapter 8 Investigational antiarrhythmic drugs; Chapter 9 Common adverse events with antiarrhythmic drugs
Summary
Provides information on how to prescribe antiarrhythmic drugs. This book covers: mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and how antiarrhythmic drugs alter those arrhythmias, including common adverse effects; and which factors to consider in using these drugs for treatment of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, and ventricular arrhythmias
