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ReviewDrug safety1997

Adverse effects of class I antiarrhythmic drugs.

J Caron, C Libersa

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Review in Drug safety, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Mechanisms of flecainide induced negative inotropy: An in silico study.Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J CaronCentre Régional de Pharmacovigilance, Service de Pharmacologie Hospitalière, Faculté de Médecine, Université Droit et Santé, Lille, France.
C Libersa
Lille’s Cardiology Hospital · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Class I antiarrhythmic drugs are characterised by their ability to block the fast inward sodium current in cardiac muscle tissue. However, at the same time, they can be responsible for various effects involving other organs and systems. Although some of these effects can be helpful in specific situations, most of them, such as their pro-arrhythmic propensity, are deleterious. Some of the adverse effects of class I antiarrhythmic drugs are directly linked to sodium-channel blockade (conduction disorders haemodynamic perturbations, and digestive and neurological effects), while others are linked to other specific pharmacological properties (e.g. atropinic, or alpha- or beta-adrenergic blockade) or to nonspecific properties (idiosyncratic hypersensitivity, and haematological, dermatological or hepatic reactions). Other adverse effects are associated with complex interactions between class I antiarrhythmics and individual predisposing factors, trigger mechanisms and physiological factors (including concomitant drug treatment). These numerous variations and interactions within a specific environment and underlying disorder might be of pharmacological or/and pharmacokinetic origin, making analysis of the true liability of the class I drugs very difficult when adverse effects occur.

Indexed as

Sodium Channel BlockersAnesthesia, LocalAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsAutonomic Nervous SystemDrug InteractionsElectrocardiographyHemodynamicsHumansPotassium ChannelsStructure-Activity RelationshipAnti-Arrhythmia AgentsPotassium ChannelsSodium Channel Blockers

Identifiers

PMID9258628
OpenAlexW2079100415

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Registered trials

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