title: Documentation of acute rise in ventricular capture thresholds associated with flecainide acetate.
abstract: Treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with flecainide acetate resulted in a 4-fold increase in ventricular capture thresholds. The detailed time course of the threshold increase and decrease was documented using the AutoCapture algorithm and graphic summary.
authors.affiliation: Torrecardenas Hospital, Almeria, Spain. hfornieles@navegalia.com
authors.forename: Helio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fornieles-Pérez
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montoya-García
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sanz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005424:Flecainide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D005424:Flecainide