Cardiac antiarrhythmic effect of nortriptyline.
With a quinidine-like cardiac action, the tricyclic antidepressant drugs, imipramine in particular, have been proposed as potentially antiarrhythmic agents. The antiarrhythmic activity of nortriptyline is described in a depressed patient with premature ventricular complexes, and the basis for this activity is discussed.
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009661:Nortriptyline / Q000494:pharmacology*
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D009661:Nortriptyline