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Descriptor English:   Anti-Arrhythmia Agents 
Descriptor Spanish:   Antiarrítmicos 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Antiarrítmicos 
Synonyms English:   Antifibrillatory Agents
Cardiac Depressants
Myocardial Depressants  
Tree Number:   D27.505.954.411.097
Definition English:   Agents used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. They may affect the polarization-repolarization phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibers. Anti-arrhythmia agents are often classed into four main groups according to their mechanism of action: sodium channel blockade, beta-adrenergic blockade, repolarization prolongation, or calcium channel blockade. 
Indexing Annotation English:   consider also ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC /drug ther
See Related English:   Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Calcium Channel Blockers
 
History Note English:   76; was NON MESH before 1976; MYOCARDIAL DEPRESSANTS was heading 1963-75 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AD administration & dosage AE adverse effects
AN analysis BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid CS chemical synthesis
CH chemistry CL classification
CT contraindications DU diagnostic use
EC economics HI history
IM immunology IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism PK pharmacokinetics
PD pharmacology PO poisoning
RE radiation effects ST standards
SD supply & distribution TU therapeutic use
TO toxicity UR urine
Record Number:   902 
Unique Identifier:   D000889 

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