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Drug-related arrhythmias during therapy of congestive heart failure
1Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, South Africa.
Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy
|August 1, 1987
Abstract:
It is now recognized that ventricular and supraventricular arrhythmias are serious complications of congestive heart failure. There are four possible drug-related mechanisms: diuretic-induced electrolyte imbalance; digitalis-induced arrhythmias; use of sympathomimetic agents; and drug interactions with digoxin. In selecting optimal therapy for congestive heart failure all these drug interactions need to be borne in mind.