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ArticleClinical case reports2024

Flecainide toxicity-Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition.

George Bazoukis, Polyxeni Efthymiou, Andronicos Yiannikourides, Elina Khattab, Varnavas Dimitriades, Gary Tse, Marios Pavlou, Panagiota Georgiou, Lorentzos Kapetis, Dimitrios Patestos and 4 more

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

George BazoukisDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-9772
Polyxeni EfthymiouDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Andronicos YiannikouridesDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Elina KhattabDepartment of Cardiology Nicosia General Hospital Nicosia Cyprus.
Varnavas DimitriadesDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Gary TseDepartment of Cardiology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Ionic-Molecular Function of Cardiovascular Disease Tianjin Institute of Cardiology, Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University Tianjin China.
Marios PavlouDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Panagiota GeorgiouDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Lorentzos KapetisDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Dimitrios PatestosDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Michalis TsielepisDepartment of Cardiology Larnaca General Hospital Larnaca Cyprus.
Kimon MyrianthopoulosDepartment of Cardiology Nicosia General Hospital Nicosia Cyprus.
Elias PapasavvasElectrophysiology Laboratory Aretaeio Hospital Nicosia Cyprus.
Theodoros ChristophidesDepartment of Cardiology Nicosia General Hospital Nicosia Cyprus.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-9767

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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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bizarre ECG, wide QRS tachycardiadrug toxicityflecainide toxicity

Identifiers

PMID39219784
PMCPMC11362020

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