Category: Toxicology
Keywords: sodium channel block, tricyclic antidepressant, cocaine, QRS (PubMed Search)
Posted: 5/13/2010 by Bryan Hayes, PharmD
(Updated: 12/26/2024)
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We are all familiar with the classic ECG abnormalities caused by the sodium channel blocking properties of tricyclic antidepressants (QRS interval widening, R wave in aVR, S wave in I and aVL, and rightward deviation in terminal 40 msec of QRS). Here are some other medications that also block cardiac sodium channels in a similar manner: