 Encainide
"Encainide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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One of the ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS, it blocks VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS and slows conduction within the His-Purkinje system and MYOCARDIUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D016700
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.199.385
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| Concept/Terms |
Enkaid- Enkaid
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Brand of Encainide Hydrochloride
- Bristol Myers Squibb Brand of Encainide Hydrochloride
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| 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Encainide" by people in Profiles.
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Peters RW, Mitchell LB, Brooks MM, Echt DS, Barker AH, Capone R, Liebson PR, Greene HL. Circadian pattern of arrhythmic death in patients receiving encainide, flecainide or moricizine in the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST). J Am Coll Cardiol. 1994 Feb; 23(2):283-9.
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Epstein AE, Hallstrom AP, Rogers WJ, Liebson PR, Seals AA, Anderson JL, Cohen JD, Capone RJ, Wyse DG. Mortality following ventricular arrhythmia suppression by encainide, flecainide, and moricizine after myocardial infarction. The original design concept of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial (CAST). JAMA. 1993 Nov 24; 270(20):2451-5.
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Echt DS, Liebson PR, Mitchell LB, Peters RW, Obias-Manno D, Barker AH, Arensberg D, Baker A, Friedman L, Greene HL, et al. Mortality and morbidity in patients receiving encainide, flecainide, or placebo. The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial. N Engl J Med. 1991 Mar 21; 324(12):781-8.
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Somberg JC, Zanger D, Levine E, Tepper D. Encainide: a new and potent antiarrhythmic. Am Heart J. 1987 Oct; 114(4 Pt 1):826-35.
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Morganroth J, Somberg JC, Pool PE, Hsu PH, Lee IK, Durkee J, Salerno DM. Comparative study of encainide and quinidine in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1986 Jan; 7(1):9-16.
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Somberg J. Antiarrhythmic drug therapy. Recent advances and current status. Cardiology. 1985; 72(5-6):329-48.
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Somberg JC. New directions in antiarrhythmic drug therapy. Am J Cardiol. 1984 Aug 13; 54(4):8B-17B.
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