KROK 1 2015 – Question 150 · KROK (Medicine) · Pharmacology
A patient has developed paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia against the background of cardiac infarction. What antiarrhythmic drug should be chosen to avoid lowering cardiac output?
- A. Propranolol
- B. Procainamide
- C. Potassium chloride
- D. Lidocaine hydrochloride
- E. Verapamil
Hint
Compare the antiarrhythmic classes by their effect on ventricular tissue in infarction and on myocardial contractility.
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