title: Antiarrhythmic drugs. Treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
abstract: This article focuses on drugs that have been specifically developed for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. A brief overview of the principal mechanisms responsible for the development of cardiac arrhythmias is also included, because it has been the goal of pharmacologists and clinical cardiologists to develop drugs and prescribe specific antiarrhythmic therapy based on a knowledge of these mechanisms with the assumption that specific antiarrhythmic therapy will be the most efficacious in restoring and maintaining normal sinus rhythm.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbus.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Muir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004285:Dogs; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents