antiarrhythmic medication
English Thesaurus
1. a drug used to treat an abnormal heart rhythm (noun.artifact)
hyponym | : | amiodarone, cordarone, |
definition | : | an antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Cordarone) that has potentially fatal side effects and is used to control serious heart rhythm problems only when safer agents have been ineffective (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | encainide, enkaid, |
definition | : | antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Enkaid) used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias but increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | flecainide, tambocor, |
definition | : | oral antiarrhythmic medication (trade name Tambocor) used as a last resort in treating arrhythmias; increases the risk of sudden death in heart attack patients (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | mexiletine, mexitil, |
definition | : | antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Mexitil) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | quinidex, quinidine, quinora, |
definition | : | cardiac drug (trade names Quinidex and Quinora) used to treat certain heart arrhythmias (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | tocainide, tonocard, |
definition | : | antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed (noun.artifact) |
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