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Mexiletine-associated left ventricular dysfunction: a case study
S L Ballas1, K L Baughman, L S Griffith
1Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, MD 21215.
Maryland Medical Journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Mexiletine is a lidocaine analogue used in the treatment of symptomatic ventricular arrhythmias. However, in selected individuals with baseline diminished left ventricular function, it may possess clinically significant negative inotropic effects.