[Acute voluntary poisoning with propafenone. A clinical case]

Minerva Anestesiol. 1993 Jan-Feb;59(1-2):69-73.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Propaphenone hydrochloride in an antiarrhythmic which belongs to class 1C. In recent years it has been widely used in clinical medicine, mainly in the treatment of hyperkinetic arrhythmia. Given the enormous quantity of the medication taken, the description of the case seemed opportune as well as that of the clinical manifestations and electrocardiographic modifications linked to the parmakinetic and electrophysiological characteristics.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Poisoning / physiopathology
  • Propafenone / poisoning*

Substances

  • Propafenone