Flecainide toxicity—Clinical diagnosis and management of an urgent condition
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.
Authors
- Andronicos Yiannikourides
- Elina Khattab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7365-5452)
- Marios Pavlou
- Dimitrios Patestos
- Panagiota Georgiou
- Lorentzos Kapetis
- George Bazoukis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-9772)
- Michalis Tsielepis
- Elias Papasavvas
- Theodoros Christophides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-9767)
- Gary Tse
- Kimon Myrianthopoulos
- Varnavas Dimitriades
- Polyxeni Efthymiou
Institutions
- European University Cyprus (CY)
- Nicosia General Hospital (CY)
- Larnaca College (CY)
- Second Hospital of Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9371
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.40