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Flecainide Therapy

Flecainide Therapy is a pharmacological treatment modality classified under antiarrhythmic therapy that employs the class Ic sodium channel blocker flecainide acetamide to suppress cardiac arrhythmias by selectively inhibiting myocardial fast sodium channels and thereby reducing conduction velocity in atrial and ventricular tissues.

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550

Preliminary Report: Effect of Encainide and Flecainide on Mortality in a Randomized Trial of Arrhythmia Suppression after Myocardial Infarction

New England Journal of Medicine · 1989 · 3.3K citations

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Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Receiving Encainide, Flecainide, or Placebo

Debra S. Echt, Philip R. Liebson, L. Brent Mitchell et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1991 · 3.3K citations · Full text

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Sodium Channel Blockers Identify Risk for Sudden Death in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation and Right Bundle Branch Block but Structurally Normal Hearts

Ramón Brugada, Josép Brugada, Charles Antzelevitch et al. · Circulation · 2000 · 775 citations · Full text

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Flecainide prevents catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia in mice and humans

Hiroshi Watanabe, Nagesh Chopra, Derek R. Laver et al. · Nature Medicine · 2009 · 600 citations · Full text

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Outpatient Treatment of Recent-Onset Atrial Fibrillation with the “Pill-in-the-Pocket” Approach

Paoló Alboni, Giovanni Luca Botto, N Baldi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2004 · 477 citations · Full text

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  1. AJ
    A. John Camm

    St George's, University of London, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 788 citations

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  2. RS
    R. S. Bexton

    St Bartholomew's Hospital, United Kingdom

    11 publications · 636 citations

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  3. KJ
    Kevin J. Hellestrand

    St Bartholomew's Hospital, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 689 citations

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  4. GJ
    Gordon J. Conard

    American Dental Association, United States

    10 publications · 727 citations

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  5. JL
    Jeffrey L. Anderson

    University of Utah, United States

    9 publications · 1K citations

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698

  1. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    14 h-index

    68 publications

    9.5K citations

  2. St Bartholomew's Hospital

    London, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    69 publications

    3.6K citations

  3. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    10 h-index

    49 publications

    5.3K citations

  4. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    10 h-index

    25 publications

    3.1K citations

  5. Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    5.4K citations

  6. Montreal Heart Institute

    Montreal, Canada

    9 h-index

    32 publications

    3.4K citations

  7. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    652 citations

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  1. The American Journal of Cardiology

    72 publications · 5.2K citations

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  2. Journal of the American College of Cardiology

    JACC · 25 publications · 2K citations

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  3. Circulation

    19 publications · 3.3K citations

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  4. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

    PACE · 20 publications · 673 citations

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  5. Heart Rhythm

    17 publications · 957 citations

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