title: Digitalis, a defibrillatory drug.
abstract: Digitalis glycosides have an antiarrhythmic effect in atrial fibrillation, as defibrillatory drugs. These drugs could be classified in a group of antiarrhythmic drugs close to the ventricular defibrillating drugs recently proposed. The reasons for this opinion are shown in this work.
authors.affiliation: Third Medical Clinic, Tîrgu-Mures, Romania.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cotoi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caraşca
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000145:classification* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides