title: Disopyramide--an effective treatment for lignocaine resistant ventricular dysrhythmias.
abstract: Intravenous disopyramide was used in 13 patients who developed recurrent ventricular dysrhythmias despite initial treatment with intravenous lignocaine after admission to the Coronary Care Unit of a busy district hospital. This was effective in 8 of the 13 patients treated and there was no major side effects observed. Disopyramide has the advantage of being available both as an oral and an intravenous preparation and is a useful drug to be added to the list of more conventional anti-dysrhythmic agents.
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005117:Cardiac Complexes, Premature / Q000150:complications; D004206:Disopyramide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D011725:Pyridines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D011725:Pyridines; D008012:Lidocaine; D004206:Disopyramide