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Flecainide therapy suppresses exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias in patients with CASQ2-associated catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
Heart rhythm - 1 Nov 2013
Khoury Asaad, Marai Ibrahim, Suleiman Mahmoud, Blich Miry, Lorber Avraham, Gepstein Lior, Boulos Monther
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Calsequestrin-associated catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT2) can cause sudden death in young individuals in response to stress. Beta-blockers are the mainstay medical treatment for patients with CPVT2. However, they do not prevent syncope and sudden death in all patients. Flecainide was reported to reduce exercise-induced ventricular arrhythmias (EIVA) in patients with...
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