encainide — en·cai·nide en kā .nīd n an antiarrhythmic drug C22H28N2O2 withdrawn from use when it was shown to increase mortality in patients who had a recent heart attack prior to receiving the drug … Medical dictionary
encainide — noun antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients • Syn: ↑Enkaid • Usage Domain: ↑trade name (for: ↑Enkaid) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
encainide hydrochloride — An anti arrhythmic. * * * en·cain·ide hy·dro·chlo·ride (en kaґnīd) a sodium channel blocker that acts on the Purkinje fibers and myocardium, used in the treatment of life threatening arrhythmias; administered orally … Medical dictionary
Randomized controlled trial — Flowchart of four phases (enrollment, intervention allocation, follow up, and data analysis) of a parallel randomized trial of two groups, modified from the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) 2010 Statement[1] … Wikipedia
Flecainide — drugbox IUPAC name = N (2 piperidylmethyl) 2,5 bis(2,2,2 trifluoroethoxy)benzamide width = 184 CAS number = 54143 55 4 ATC prefix = C01 ATC suffix = BC04 ATC supplemental = PubChem = 3356 DrugBank = APRD00129 C=17 | H=20 | F=6 | N=2 | O=3… … Wikipedia
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Moricizine — Systematic (IUPAC) name ethyl [10 (3 morpholin 4 ylpropanoyl) 10H phenothiazin 2 yl]carbamate Clinical data Trade names … Wikipedia
Biomarker (medicine) — For other uses, see Biomarker (disambiguation). In medicine, a biomarker is a term often used to refer to a protein measured in blood whose concentration reflects the severity or presence of some disease state. More generally a biomarker is… … Wikipedia
Sodium channel blocker — Sodium channel blockers are agents used in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia. They are classified as Type I in the Vaughan Williams classification.Antiarrhythmic The class I antiarrhythmic agents interfere with the (Na+) channel.Class I agents… … Wikipedia
Phenytoin — Systematic (IUPAC) name 5,5 diphenylimidazolidine … Wikipedia
