This document summarizes the classification and mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic drugs. It lists the four main classes of antiarrhythmic drugs - Class I through IV - and describes their mechanisms. Class I drugs are sodium channel blockers. Class II are beta blockers. Class III are potassium channel blockers. Class IV are calcium channel blockers. It also briefly describes two main causes of arrhythmia - abnormal automaticity and abnormal impulse conduction, such as can occur due to reentry.
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Antiarrhythmic Drugs- Classification and Mechanism of Action.
This document summarizes the classification and mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic drugs. It lists the four main classes of antiarrhythmic drugs - Class I through IV - and describes their mechanisms. Class I drugs are sodium channel blockers. Class II are beta blockers. Class III are potassium channel blockers. Class IV are calcium channel blockers. It also briefly describes two main causes of arrhythmia - abnormal automaticity and abnormal impulse conduction, such as can occur due to reentry.
This document summarizes the classification and mechanisms of action of antiarrhythmic drugs. It lists the four main classes of antiarrhythmic drugs - Class I through IV - and describes their mechanisms. Class I drugs are sodium channel blockers. Class II are beta blockers. Class III are potassium channel blockers. Class IV are calcium channel blockers. It also briefly describes two main causes of arrhythmia - abnormal automaticity and abnormal impulse conduction, such as can occur due to reentry.
+ + + Na channel blocker B adrenoreceptor K channel blocker Ca channel blocker Antiarrythmic Drugs Disopyramide, Flecainide Atenolol, Esmolol, Metoprolol Amiodarone, Dofetilide, Diltiazem, Verapamil Adenosine, Digoxin, Lidocaine, Mexiletine Dronedarone, Ibutilide, Sotalol Magnesium sulfate Procainamide, Propafenone, Quinidine Causes of Arrhythmia 1. Abnormal Automaticity- SA node shows the fastest rate of phase 4 depolarization and therefore, exhibits a Nerve Impulse higher rate of discharge than that occurring in other pacemaker cells exhibiting automaticity 2. Abnormality in impulse conduction- Impulse from higher pacemaker centers are normally conducted down pathways that bifurcate o activate the entire ventricular surface. A phenomenon is called reentry may occur if Normal Conduction Unidirectional Block unidirectional block occurs. Reference- Lippincott (Pharmacology) 6th Edition
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