Pharmacologic Substance
procainamide
Effect:
Cardiac Rhythm Alteration; Increased Cardiac Muscle Organized Electrical Activity; Negative Inotropy
May Treat:
Atrial Fibrillation; Atrial Flutter; Tachycardia, Supraventricular; Tachycardia, Ventricular; Ventricular Premature Complexes
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to procainamide:
  • A class Ia antiarrhythmic drug that is structurally-related to PROCAINE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Derivative of procaine, cardiac depressant used in treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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