Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition
Key Clinical Message Clinical suspicion, clinical presentation, and electrocardiogram can help clinicians diagnose flecainide toxicity. Currently, there are no guidelines for the management of patients with flecainide toxicity. Sodium bicarbonate, lipid emulsion therapy, and extracorporeal life supp...
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| author | George Bazoukis Polyxeni Efthymiou Andronicos Yiannikourides Elina Khattab Varnavas Dimitriades Gary Tse Marios Pavlou Panagiota Georgiou Lorentzos Kapetis Dimitrios Patestos Michalis Tsielepis Kimon Myrianthopoulos Elias Papasavvas Theodoros Christophides |
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| description | Key Clinical Message Clinical suspicion, clinical presentation, and electrocardiogram can help clinicians diagnose flecainide toxicity. Currently, there are no guidelines for the management of patients with flecainide toxicity. Sodium bicarbonate, lipid emulsion therapy, and extracorporeal life support have been used in this setting. Amiodarone and lidocaine can be used for the management of wide QRS complex tachycardias in hemodynamically stable patients with flecainide toxicity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ebede0c65cc543029bcd341abfd6fd582025-08-20T02:50:22ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042024-09-01129n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.9371Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent conditionGeorge Bazoukis0Polyxeni Efthymiou1Andronicos Yiannikourides2Elina Khattab3Varnavas Dimitriades4Gary Tse5Marios Pavlou6Panagiota Georgiou7Lorentzos Kapetis8Dimitrios Patestos9Michalis Tsielepis10Kimon Myrianthopoulos11Elias Papasavvas12Theodoros Christophides13Department of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Nicosia General Hospital Nicosia CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic‐Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University Tianjin ChinaDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Nicosia General Hospital Nicosia CyprusElectrophysiology Laboratory Aretaeio Hospital Nicosia CyprusDepartment of Cardiology Nicosia General Hospital Nicosia CyprusKey Clinical Message Clinical suspicion, clinical presentation, and electrocardiogram can help clinicians diagnose flecainide toxicity. Currently, there are no guidelines for the management of patients with flecainide toxicity. Sodium bicarbonate, lipid emulsion therapy, and extracorporeal life support have been used in this setting. Amiodarone and lidocaine can be used for the management of wide QRS complex tachycardias in hemodynamically stable patients with flecainide toxicity.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9371bizarre ECG, wide QRS tachycardiadrug toxicityflecainide toxicity |
| spellingShingle | George Bazoukis Polyxeni Efthymiou Andronicos Yiannikourides Elina Khattab Varnavas Dimitriades Gary Tse Marios Pavlou Panagiota Georgiou Lorentzos Kapetis Dimitrios Patestos Michalis Tsielepis Kimon Myrianthopoulos Elias Papasavvas Theodoros Christophides Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition Clinical Case Reports bizarre ECG, wide QRS tachycardia drug toxicity flecainide toxicity |
| title | Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition |
| title_full | Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition |
| title_fullStr | Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition |
| title_short | Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition |
| title_sort | flecainide toxicity clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition |
| topic | bizarre ECG, wide QRS tachycardia drug toxicity flecainide toxicity |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9371 |
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