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The EKG in the Patient Treated with Encainide, Flecainide and Propafenone
Introduction
Electrocardiographic Findings
Electrocardiographic Findings
- Prolong the PR and the QRS
- Propafenone may also slow the sinus rate due to its β-blocking effects
Additional resources
Additional resources
- ECGpedia: Course for interpretation of ECG
- The whole ECG – A basic ECG primer
- 12-lead ECG library
- Simulation tool to demonstrate and study the relation between the electric activity of the heart and the ECG
- ECG information from Children’s Hospital Heart Center, Seattle
- ECG Challenge from the ACC D2B Initiative
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Diseases and Conditions Index
- A history of electrocardiography
- EKG Interpretations in infants and children
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