Antiarrhythmic Drugs Department of Pharmacology NEIGRIHMS, Shillong Content Physiology of normal cardiac rhythm Definition and mechanisms of arrhythmias Classification of…

Slide 1Antiarrhythmic Drugs Slide 2 Drug List Class 1 Sodium Channel Blockers Class 2 Beta-blockers Class 3 Potassium Channel blockers Class 4 Calcium Channel Blockers Others…

What is an ECG? The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a graphic recording of the electrical potentials produced in association with the heart beat. Uses Chamber hypertrophy MI Arrhythmias…

Heart Attacks & Detection Heart Attacks & DetectionABHISEK ANAND A simple definition of a heart attack is a sudden failure of the heart resulting from an occlusion…

1. Drugs used to treat Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Stefano Nardi MD, PhDStefano Nardi MD, PhD Arrhythmia, EP Center and Cardiac Pacing UnitArrhythmia, EP Center and Cardiac…

1. Electrical Activity of the Heart 2. Cardiac Muscle • Branching cells • One or two nuclei per cell • Striated • Involuntary • Medium speed contractions 3. Excitation-Contraction…

1. Electrical Activity of the Heart 2. Cardiac Muscle • Branching cells • One or two nuclei per cell • Striated • Involuntary • Medium speed contractions 3. Excitation-Contraction…

Antiarrhythmic Drugs Or Doing Drugs for Your Heartbeat Background Recall: to function efficiently, heart needs to contract sequentially (atria, then ventricles) and in synchronicity…

Slide 1 Chapter 9: Cardiac Muscle; The Heart As A Pump and Function of the Heart Valves Guyton and Hall, Textbook of Medical Physiology, 12 th edition Slide 2 Physiology…

Anti Arrhythmic Drug Therapy Mordechai Muszkat, MD Department of Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacology Unit Anti Arrhythmic Drug Therapy Diverse set of agents, wide range…