"Anti-Arrhythmia Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Agents used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. They may affect the polarization-repolarization phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibers. Anti-arrhythmia agents are often classed into four main groups according to their mechanism of action: sodium channel blockade, beta-adrenergic blockade, repolarization prolongation, or calcium channel blockade.
Descriptor ID |
D000889
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MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.411.097
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Concept/Terms |
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents- Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
- Agents, Anti-Arrhythmia
- Anti Arrhythmia Agents
- Antiarrhythmic Drugs
- Drugs, Antiarrhythmic
- Anti-Arrhythmics
- Anti Arrhythmics
- Antiarrhythmia Agents
- Agents, Antiarrhythmia
- Anti-Arrhythmia Drugs
- Anti Arrhythmia Drugs
- Drugs, Anti-Arrhythmia
- Antiarrhythmia Drugs
- Drugs, Antiarrhythmia
Cardiac Depressants- Cardiac Depressants
- Depressants, Cardiac
- Myocardial Depressants
- Depressants, Myocardial
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2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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