| Literature DB >> 2509529 |
S Ravid1, P J Podrid, S Lampert, B Lown.
Abstract
The incidence of drug-induced congestive heart failure with several newer antiarrhythmic agents including encainide, ethmozine, lorcainide, mexiletine, propafenone and tocainide was determined in a group of 407 patients who underwent 1,133 drug tests. The incidence rate ranged from 0.7% with lorcainide to 4.7% with propafenone. Congestive heart failure was present in 167 patients (41%) who underwent 491 drug trials. Congestive failure was induced in 15 (9%) of these 167 patients and involved 19 (3.9%) of the 491 tests. Left ventricular ejection fraction was 20 +/- 8% in patients who developed congestive failure, in contrast to 39 +/- 19% in those who did not (p less than 0.001). It is concluded that each of the six antiarrhythmic drugs examined has the potential to aggravate congestive heart failure in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction or a history of congestive heart failure, but the incidence rate is low and its occurrence unpredictable.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2509529 DOI： 10.1016/0735-1097(89)90436-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol ISSN： 0735-1097 Impact factor: 24.094