Fatal flecainide intoxication.
Flecainide acetate is a potent class 1C antiarrhythmic agent used mainly for the treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias. Acute overdose of this drug is rare but frequently fatal. The clinical course of a patient that ingested a large quantity of flecainide as a suicide attempt is described and current therapeutic strategies discussed.
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Accident and Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary.
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D000328:Adult; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000506:poisoning*; D062787:Drug Overdose; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005424:Flecainide / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013405:Suicide
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D005424:Flecainide