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===Potassium channel blocker===
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!Mechanism
!Clinical uses <ref name=Rangunless> Unless else specified in boxes, then ref is: {{cite book |author=Rang, H. P. |title=Pharmacology |publisher=Churchill Livingstone |location=Edinburgh |year=2003 |pages= |isbn=0-443-07145-4 |oclc= |doi=}} </ref>
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|fast-channel blockers
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*[[Quinidine]]
*[[Procainamide]]
*[[Disopyramide]]

| [[sodium channel|(Na<sup>+</sup>) channel]] block (intermediate association/dissociation)
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*[[Ventricular arrhythmia]]s
*prevention of paroxysmal [[recurrent atrial fibrillation]] (triggered by [[vagus nerve|vagal]] overactivity), *procainamide in [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome]]
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!Ib
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*[[Lidocaine]]
*[[Phenytoin]]
*[[Mexiletine]]
| [[sodium channel|(Na<sup>+</sup>) channel]] block (fast association/dissociation)
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*treatment and prevention during and immediately after [[myocardial infarction]], though this practice is now discouraged given the increased risk of [[asystole]]
**[[ventricular tachycardia]]
**[[atrial fibrillation]]
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*[[Flecainide]]
*[[Propafenone]]
*[[Moricizine]]
|[[sodium channel|(Na<sup>+</sup>) channel]] block (slow association/dissociation)
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*prevents [[paroxysmal atrial fibrillation]]
*treats [[recurrent tachyarrhythmias]] of abnormal [[Electrical conduction system of the heart|conduction system]].
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!II
|Beta-blockers
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*[[Propranolol]]
*[[Esmolol]]
*[[Timolol]]
*[[Metoprolol]]
*[[Atenolol]]
| [[beta blocker|beta blocking]]
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*decrease [[myocardial infarction]] mortality
*prevent recurrence of [[tachyarrhythmia]]s
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!III
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*[[Amiodarone]]
*[[Sotalol]]
*[[Ibutilide]]
*[[Dofetilide]]
*[[E-4031]]

| [[Potassium channel blocker|K<sup>+</sup> channel blocker]]
[[Sotalol]] is also a [[beta blocker|beta blocker]]<ref name="pmid11350865">{{cite journal |author=Kulmatycki KM, Abouchehade K, Sattari S, Jamali F |title=Drug-disease interactions: reduced beta-adrenergic and potassium channel antagonist activities of sotalol in the presence of acute and chronic inflammatory conditions in the rat |journal=Br. J. Pharmacol. |volume=133 |issue=2 |pages=286–94 |year=2001 |month=May |pmid=11350865 |pmc=1572777 |doi=10.1038/sj.bjp.0704067 |doi=10.1038/sj.bjp.0704067}}</ref>
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*In [[Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome]]
*(sotalol:) [[ventricular tachycardias]] and [[atrial fibrillation]]
*(Ibutilide:) [[atrial flutter]] and [[atrial fibrillation]]
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!IV
|slow-channel blockers
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*[[Verapamil]]
*[[Diltiazem]]
|[[calcium channel|Ca<sup>2+</sup> channel]] block
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*prevent recurrence of [[paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia]]
*reduce [[ventricular rate]] in patients with [[atrial fibrillation]]
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!V
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*[[Adenosine]]
*[[Digoxin]]
|Work by other or unknown mechanisms (Direct nodal inhibition).
|Used in supraventricular arrhythmias, especially in Heart Failure with Atrial Fibrillation, contraindicated in ventricular arrhythmias.
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